On ‘Island’ in Russian Arctic, Arrival of Fast Internet Shakes Political Calm
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#2Enjoyed the excellent photos and reporting.
As far as "Life without fast internet":
"Residents adjusted. They created an intracity computer network that, among other things, allowed locals to download pirated movies and TV shows without connecting to the wider web. Going on vacation, several said, meant sitting in a hotel room, updating smartphone apps and taking in the bounties of the online world, even if the beach beckoned."
Re: On ‘Island’ in Russian Arctic, Arrival of Fast Internet Shakes Political Calm
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#4Enjoyed the excellent photos and reporting. As far as "Life without fast internet": "Residents adjusted. They created an intracity computer network that, among other things, allowed locals to download pirated movies and TV shows without connecting to the wider web. Going on vacation, several said, meant sitting in a hotel room, updating smartphone apps and taking in the bounties of the online world, even if the beach…
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#5Enjoyed the excellent photos and reporting. As far as "Life without fast internet": "Residents adjusted. They created an intracity computer network that, among other things, allowed locals to download pirated movies and TV shows without connecting to the wider web. Going on vacation, several said, meant sitting in a hotel room, updating smartphone apps and taking in the bounties of the online world, even if the beach…
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>Going on vacation, several said, meant sitting in a hotel room
You missed the "going on vacation" part I guess, though perhaps you believe people in Norilsk "go on vacation" by booking a hotel room in Norilsk.
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#6Enjoyed the excellent photos and reporting. As far as "Life without fast internet": "Residents adjusted. They created an intracity computer network that, among other things, allowed locals to download pirated movies and TV shows without connecting to the wider web. Going on vacation, several said, meant sitting in a hotel room, updating smartphone apps and taking in the bounties of the online world, even if the beach…
It sounds like what people do (or did a could years ago) in Cuba [1]
[1] https://www.wired.com/2017/07/inside-cubas-diy-internet-revo...
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#7This is just really confusing to me. I had no idea that propaganda was so resurgent in Russia. I thought openness to modern/popular media would have knocked down a lot of misinformation about "the west".
I think of Russians as being active participants on the Internet; I would have thought that this would keep a bit of a lid on single-point-of-view propaganda. (Obviously there's plenty of misinformation on the internet, but it's not all from a single political view)
Why is Russia pushing so hard to spread Internet access in such a situation?
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
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>Going on vacation, several said, meant sitting in a hotel room You missed the "going on vacation" part I guess, though perhaps you believe people in Norilsk "go on vacation" by booking a hotel room in Norilsk.
Norilsk is famous for their staycations
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#9Enjoyed the excellent photos and reporting. As far as "Life without fast internet": "Residents adjusted. They created an intracity computer network that, among other things, allowed locals to download pirated movies and TV shows without connecting to the wider web. Going on vacation, several said, meant sitting in a hotel room, updating smartphone apps and taking in the bounties of the online world, even if the beach…
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
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