Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said his government did not want to take any risk and will disconnect mobile internet for the duration of the recruitment exams on both the dates.
As per one media report, there were 518 government-imposed internet shutdowns across India between January 2012 and March 2021, resulting in the highest number of internet blockings in the world by far, but the panel said there is no mechanism to verify the data as both DoT and MHA do not...
The rise of Amritpal Singh, a self-styled preacher, has raised fears of violence in Punjab, where thousands died in the 1980s during a Sikh insurgency.
The state Government has shut down internet in Manipur due to the recent events. I do not wish to talk about the politics behind the conflict or on internet shutdowns. That can be discussed on a different thread, I want to know the technical side of this., in the case of Manipur the order states that even wired broadband services are also suspended.
This part is particularly concerning because in 2020 and 2021 only mobile data services were shut down in parts of Delhi. In Manipur they are blocking all connections it looks like. What about business connections? Are these blocked too? I know many small businesses and offices which use regular residential broadband.
I'm also interested in how the 'blocking' works. Are other people on same ISP accessible? For example, if you are on Airtel, can you ping other Airtel users? Shouldn't Government websites and services be accessible?
The only way I can think of to 'bypass' such blocks is using satellite internet registered abroad. But I think satellite providers block users accessing from outside the registered country.
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