• Lewo@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    People were posting videos while the attack was happening. Where are you getting this information about “jamming” from? Nearby traffic distribution nodes were likely overloaded which resulted in degraded performance of Telegram and VK services. This is something to be expected when thousands or even millions of people start sending messages all at once, trying to figure out what’s happening to their friends and family.

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      9 months ago

      All the videos I’ve seen are CCTV which were distributed well after the fact. channel 12 from Russia reported the jamming. I’m aware of what a mobile network will do on overload since I used to design and deploy them. It doesn’t quite work that way.

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        9 months ago

        Telegram channels such as Baza, Ostorozhno Novosti and Vazhnye Istorii were posting eyewitness statements and phone footage as early as 20:15 Moscow time and throughout the event. There was no jamming. Degraded performance was reported for Telegram and VK. Whether the issue was with the local access points or Telegram’s data centers is not clear.

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            9 months ago

            Again, what’s the source that the internet was jammed? I haven’t heard anyone mentioning that, including witnesses on the place.

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              9 months ago

              I thought Internet was already under control of Moscow, but it’d be wild if it turned out it wasn’t all this time and Putin would never do something like this again, like those other times he did

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            9 months ago

            But the burden of proof is on you. At this time, you are simply spreading an unfounded conspiracy theory.

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        9 months ago

        You didn’t answer the question.

        Where are you getting this information about “jamming” from?

        This is the first time I’m hearing this.