Have you disconnected your mobile phone? Let’s buy a walkie talkie. No GPS? Let’s take paper maps. Did you remove a song from streaming? Let’s remember MP3 players how Moscow is trying to live without the Internet

Residents of Moscow, where mobile communications and the Internet were cut off for several days, became increasingly interested in other means of communication, including walkie-talkies and pagers.

google trends, He writes Important Stories reported an increase in the number of search queries about wireless and wired Internet devices. The publication notes that the peak of Google searches for walkie-talkies among Muscovites occurred on March 10, when the number of complaints about the operation of mobile communications and the Internet increased sharply. On the same day, Muscovites began searching for information about wired Internet, although no such search queries had been recorded in the city during the previous week.

Increased interest in pagers, walkie-talkies, and landlines registered And cranberries. In the period from March 6 to 10, compared to February 6 to 10, the sales volume of home radio stations (walkie-talkies) increased by 27%, pagers for communicating with customers and employees – by 73%, and landline telephones – by a quarter, the press service of the market reported.

Meanwhile, experts gave interviews to BFM.ru maleThat there has been no relay infrastructure in Moscow for several years and that it is impossible to use such means of communication.

The Chitai-Gorod department store chain, in turn, reported that from March 6 to 10, sales of paper maps (atlases and guidebooks) in Moscow increased by 48% compared to the previous week. As told to RBC in the chain of stores, car cards in Moscow and the Moscow region were purchased most often.

RBC too Reportsthat in the Yandex Taxi application in Moscow the button “Order by phone for cash” appeared – in case of unstable operation due to interruption of the mobile Internet.

The media also write about the increased demand for MP3 players. Baza connects This is with the amendments to the drug advertising ban that came into effect on March 1. Due to the new rules, edited works appeared on streaming services, and some songs or albums subject to the ban were removed. Experts interviewed by BFM.ru He thinksThat in addition to restrictions related to amendments prohibiting drug advertising, the growth in popularity of MP3 players is also associated with the shutdown of the mobile Internet, during which streaming services are not available.