A correspondent of the publication “We Can Explain” tested the operation of mobile Internet in the center of Moscow – from Tverskaya Street to Arbat.
Problems with mobile phone and Internet communications in Moscow began on March 6. The authorities interpreted the Internet shutdowns as “security measures.” Media sources reported that this was a test of the “whitelists”, which were eventually launched on March 13. Today, telecom operators I started to notify Subscribers about restoring mobile Internet in Moscow.
According to “We Can Explain” measurements, in most areas of central Moscow close to government institutions, the phone showed a strong LTE signal, but there was no Internet, or it was very slow.
Mobile Internet was completely absent near the State Duma building in Okhotny Ryad, near the Prosecutor General’s Office and the Federation Council in Bolshaya Dmitrovka, near the Russian Ministry of Defense buildings in Znamenka and Roskomnadzor in Kitaygorodsky Proezd, as well as in the vicinity of the Kremlin and Red Square.
The newspaper’s correspondent summed up: “In general, the entire ‘government belt’ of the center turned out to be an almost completely closed area.”
At the same time, mobile Internet works stably near the FSB building on Lubyanka Square, near the Central Bank on Neglinnaya Street and near the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation on Old Square.
The publication adds that the Internet begins to work stably as one moves away from the center of Moscow.
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