Unfortunately when nations who do not know about tech that well have to find a way to prevent usage they go with this route. The main reason for this is the fact that the higher up powerful politicians and all of their advisors and consultants all are very old, they are at least 50+ and usually they could be as high as 70+ years old as well.
This means they were born before there was a computer, now we can face time each other, or have a watch that can give me all the results if I want, it is impossible for them to catch up with everyone, which causes them to not understand and can't prevent.
When 16 year olds go against 70 year olds in a battle for tech, there is no question who will win, younger generation will always be the one that will beat the older generation, even without internet.
Topic: Internet shutdowns by governments are bad for corporate marketing - page 3. (Read 1016 times)
September 26, 2020, 02:16:25 PM
September 26, 2020, 08:54:16 AM
Government don't shutdown the internet on the whole country, they are doing it in the particular region right? So not much of the economic activities are going to get affected and internet has been shutdown normally to stop the communication between local people and outside people so no one other than people there knows exactly what is happening and this is normally implemented in tension between military and locals.
You're asking a strange question because, for instance, I can't recall a case in the EU where the Internet was shut down. It would paralyze the banking system because it wuold stop ATMs and electronic payments and as a result paralyze the country. Even politicians know they'd be affected by not being able to pay for a hotel room or a rented car with their card, unable to buy plane tickets and fly home to their families. There's not going to be any Internet shutdown in any country that isn't run by a crazy regime like North Korea or Venezuela.
September 26, 2020, 08:20:19 AM
Recently in my country, Venezuela, our internet service was affected due to a power outage. We have problems in the maintenance of the electrical system and also in the Internet service.
Venezuelans try to cope with their routines with all their difficulties in addition to the suffering that we have around the world such as the pandemic.
Perhaps you should investigate what happened in your country if it was intentional or if it happened as in my country unexpectedly as a result of a failure of the electrical system.
https://thevenezuelanjournal.com/most-of-venezuela-suffered-blackout-and-internet-failure-p2323-170.htm
Venezuelans try to cope with their routines with all their difficulties in addition to the suffering that we have around the world such as the pandemic.
Perhaps you should investigate what happened in your country if it was intentional or if it happened as in my country unexpectedly as a result of a failure of the electrical system.
https://thevenezuelanjournal.com/most-of-venezuela-suffered-blackout-and-internet-failure-p2323-170.htm
September 26, 2020, 08:01:56 AM
I have not heard any information that the government will shut down the internet everything in the world is done through the internet. In that case if the internet is shut down the government will suffer the most. The exchange of transaction information will do nothing which will cause the country's economy to slowly start to decline. Internet marketing will not stop as the demand for internet continues to grow and the current world is becoming digital.
September 26, 2020, 02:11:57 AM
Let's be honest - they turn off the Internet not to harm companies and businesses, but for completely different reasons.
A striking example in today's world life is Belarus, where the Internet was turned off during mass protests against the elections.
The question is if the government are turning it off intentionally?A striking example in today's world life is Belarus, where the Internet was turned off during mass protests against the elections.
The only benefits recipients of disabling the Internet is the government. Without the Internet, the vast majority of communication channels are lost, which can block the communication of protesters/terrorists/criminals in order to effectively counter them.
Well, or another benefit - when you turn off the Internet on the territory of combat operations to disrupt the coordination of the enemy. But this is a completely military thing, we will not touch them.
Well it good have some benefits, but we are talking about the net effects for companies and it could mean loss of millions of dollars. Just like the days when we have power crisis, electricity is on a rotation and brown out are more frequent to save it. And since everyone today are connection, specially in this pandemic wherein schools are done online, it has a drastic effect even for a minute if internet is shutdown.Well, or another benefit - when you turn off the Internet on the territory of combat operations to disrupt the coordination of the enemy. But this is a completely military thing, we will not touch them.
So no one else has such great forces that would turn off the Internet on the territory of an entire country. Either the government of a country that itself arranges a shutdown for some tactical purposes-or the government of another country that has enough authority to do such things.
You understand that if you want, you can PHYSICALLY cut the ocean cables and the continents will remain inside your intranet without fast communication with others? Such a case is either the beginning of a war or a terrorist act. Ordinary people, even if it's just for sport, wouldn't think of such a thing, because it's like shooting yourself in the foot. But who knows what the authorities are capable of...
September 25, 2020, 02:29:35 PM
I live in a developing country and I have not even heard about anything as such as internet shut down, but we do experience some issues with our internet connections due to some situations, but that used to be before we started having underground cables that are more stable now and even when it rains heavily network is still stable and you can still have access to the internet.
There has never been a time that the government shuts down the internet for any reason. And if they do, it would be very bad and will affect a lot of areas in the economy, especially those businesses that are into internet marketing, etc.
There has never been a time that the government shuts down the internet for any reason. And if they do, it would be very bad and will affect a lot of areas in the economy, especially those businesses that are into internet marketing, etc.
September 25, 2020, 05:52:16 AM
Let's be honest - they turn off the Internet not to harm companies and businesses, but for completely different reasons.
A striking example in today's world life is Belarus, where the Internet was turned off during mass protests against the elections.
The question is if the government are turning it off intentionally?A striking example in today's world life is Belarus, where the Internet was turned off during mass protests against the elections.
The only benefits recipients of disabling the Internet is the government. Without the Internet, the vast majority of communication channels are lost, which can block the communication of protesters/terrorists/criminals in order to effectively counter them.
Well, or another benefit - when you turn off the Internet on the territory of combat operations to disrupt the coordination of the enemy. But this is a completely military thing, we will not touch them.
Well it good have some benefits, but we are talking about the net effects for companies and it could mean loss of millions of dollars. Just like the days when we have power crisis, electricity is on a rotation and brown out are more frequent to save it. And since everyone today are connection, specially in this pandemic wherein schools are done online, it has a drastic effect even for a minute if internet is shutdown. Well, or another benefit - when you turn off the Internet on the territory of combat operations to disrupt the coordination of the enemy. But this is a completely military thing, we will not touch them.
September 25, 2020, 01:24:27 AM
Let's be honest - they turn off the Internet not to harm companies and businesses, but for completely different reasons.
A striking example in today's world life is Belarus, where the Internet was turned off during mass protests against the elections.
The only benefits recipients of disabling the Internet is the government. Without the Internet, the vast majority of communication channels are lost, which can block the communication of protesters/terrorists/criminals in order to effectively counter them.
Well, or another benefit - when you turn off the Internet on the territory of combat operations to disrupt the coordination of the enemy. But this is a completely military thing, we will not touch them.
A striking example in today's world life is Belarus, where the Internet was turned off during mass protests against the elections.
The only benefits recipients of disabling the Internet is the government. Without the Internet, the vast majority of communication channels are lost, which can block the communication of protesters/terrorists/criminals in order to effectively counter them.
Well, or another benefit - when you turn off the Internet on the territory of combat operations to disrupt the coordination of the enemy. But this is a completely military thing, we will not touch them.
September 25, 2020, 01:17:22 AM
Almost everything is currently connected with the web, when there is some issue with the web naturally large misfortune is being experienced by each practical segment.
The government itself uses the internet to trace criminals I don't think they gonna shut it down.
The government itself uses the internet to trace criminals I don't think they gonna shut it down.
September 25, 2020, 12:33:03 AM
Seriously though, does anyone happen to know the cause for the loss of internet today?
The internet shutdown can bring sadness to people because many people have online works that depend on the internet. And if somehow, in his country, the internet is not online, it will make him can not work as usual. The internet has now become a primary thing for people, especially for the young generation who always connect to the internet. They will not be able to do many things, especially for playing games which many young generations did.
September 24, 2020, 02:24:14 PM
....PLDT/Smart will conduct emergency maintenance for the improvement of their service at the Asian American Gateway (AAG), one of PLDT’s international cable systems. Their maintenance has nothing to do with the internet shutdown by the government because the internet is one of the necessities in our country (it's obv.).
The internet shutdown in different aspects is a big problem. Even though simple maintenance will give a huge problem especially online classes.
The internet shutdown in different aspects is a big problem. Even though simple maintenance will give a huge problem especially online classes.
And to other ISP's as well in PH.
No choice but to rely on "they will do something in order to minimize the problem that it will bring". As for the timing, I think it's just fine as it's better to start prior to weekends. In most cases, online classes are done on Weekdays. It's just 5 days so shouldn't be a problem (except for WFH).
As for the topic, shouldn't be a big deal as of now***. It's alarming if the shutdown happened without any reason. Don't know the technical reason behind it but I think a few hours shutdown won't create a panic that much. Yes, it might create concerns and worries so better watch what will happen next. After all, we are just speculators and relying on what we see on articles and news.
September 24, 2020, 11:02:54 AM
hope this never happens.. I can't imagine what will happen to society if the government shut down (cut off) internet access. In this modern era, the internet has become a human need (equivalent to eating, drinking and sex)..
Before internet, people have been doing business and there are even companies that have survived for centuries and during those dark days, that was when they witnessed some of their massive growth. Internet comes with its own advantage but it does not means that without it, people wont still find a way to transact and do business with one another. Now when government shut down the internet, while businesses whose existence relied on that, they would surely have their reason for doing that and that is what the citizens needs to find out whether their reasons are valid or not.
It is true, before that many had survived without the internet but when internet access was easy to achieve in this era, people became addicted to the internet and would not possibly come back (lived before the internet appeared).. 
September 24, 2020, 09:31:45 AM
I don't know if this is just a coincidence but one of the most popular ISP here in our country, PLDT/Smart is notifying their costumers for their maintenance starting tomorrow until the end of the month. Schools that are affected are already notifying the students about this to stop their online classes until the maintenance are done. Just how bad will be the effect of this maintenance to big companies and corporations that uses their services.
Ofcourse it isn't related, PLDT/Smart will conduct emergency maintenance for the improvement of their service at the Asian American Gateway (AAG), one of PLDT’s international cable systems. Their maintenance has nothing to do with the internet shutdown by the government because the internet is one of the necessities in our country (it's obv.). The internet shutdown in different aspects is a big problem. Even though simple maintenance will give a huge problem especially online classes.
September 24, 2020, 09:01:30 AM
I don't know if this is just a coincidence but one of the most popular ISP here in our country, PLDT/Smart is notifying their costumers for their maintenance starting tomorrow until the end of the month. Schools that are affected are already notifying the students about this to stop their online classes until the maintenance are done. Just how bad will be the effect of this maintenance to big companies and corporations that uses their services.
September 24, 2020, 08:27:34 AM
It usually happen in our country as well, only have 2 ISP at the moment and our internet service provider does not provide the best service, however, if there are shut down, it's not due to government mandate or whatsoever, these shutdowns are cause by ISP maintenance.
For me which just mostly relies on internet, this is a big interruption so I'm actually hoping that our government will open more players for better services. As for me I am not so affected since I'm just using a p2p connection or sim based connection, using my modem I can shift to other network but it also cause a little delay for my job.
For me which just mostly relies on internet, this is a big interruption so I'm actually hoping that our government will open more players for better services. As for me I am not so affected since I'm just using a p2p connection or sim based connection, using my modem I can shift to other network but it also cause a little delay for my job.
September 24, 2020, 06:31:16 AM
What the fuck?? Who the hell turns off the entire country's mobile internet infrastructure just to stop students from cheating in exams? It's so stupid, they're hurting everyone else who uses the internet.
The same thing happened in Algeria and in some Arab countries. I remember that it happened in Egypt for a few hours because of the final exams, which are considered part of the national security of many countries.I do not think that blocking social media applications will be useful as it is easy to bypass this ban. The same applies if the government decided to cut off the Internet from certain places.
The best they could do was cut off the internet from the places that the examination halls were next to, but this depends on the ability of the internet networks and the range of bandwidth allocated to them.
In short, it is the easiest solution.
September 24, 2020, 06:03:29 AM
Seriously though, does anyone happen to know the cause for the loss of internet today?
The internet shutdown can bring sadness to people because many people have online works that depend on the internet. And if somehow, in his country, the internet is not online, it will make him can not work as usual. The internet has now become a primary thing for people, especially for the young generation who always connect to the internet. They will not be able to do many things, especially for playing games which many young generations did. September 24, 2020, 04:31:19 AM
Seriously though, does anyone happen to know the cause for the loss of internet today?
The internet shutdown can bring sadness to people because many people have online works that depend on the internet. And if somehow, in his country, the internet is not online, it will make him can not work as usual. The internet has now become a primary thing for people, especially for the young generation who always connect to the internet. They will not be able to do many things, especially for playing games which many young generations did. September 23, 2020, 11:52:18 PM
Without the use of the internet almost everything will become obsolete all the work in the world is done through the internet shutting down the internet by the government is bad for corporate marketing and it will bring the world down even further. In the beginning internet-based communication was disrupted no information could be exchanged in the country via email or social media. App-based communication systems like viber and whatsapp would also be out of order the problem was more with those who needed to speak abroad.
September 23, 2020, 08:15:15 PM
I am sure there a lot more downsides to internet shutdown compared to corporate marketing. I mean sure corporations do not do marketing as much because there are no people online and that means bad for business and I agree that it is bad for business and when it is bad for business those companies make less profit and when they make less profit they hire less people and pay less taxes and eventually one internet shutdown becomes something huge.
However we are talking about something bigger, internet is something so huge that it allows people to connect to each other all around the world, when you shut that down you are basically cutting ties with the world at this day and age so it could potentially have stuff that are way bigger than just companies not doing marketing.
However we are talking about something bigger, internet is something so huge that it allows people to connect to each other all around the world, when you shut that down you are basically cutting ties with the world at this day and age so it could potentially have stuff that are way bigger than just companies not doing marketing.
Discussing internet shutdown, I thought about the form of the third world war, namely space war, and cyberwar between countries. If the shutdown by the government can cause large even though measurable losses, what if the shutdown is deliberately carried out by a country to paralyze another country.
America has developed a "US Space Force" and this is one of America's ambitions to dominate the world. Technological developments have made space a battlefield that must be guarded and protected. The attack on a satellite is wide and infinite so that the economic loss is immeasurable and the most terrible is the threat to the territorial sovereignty of a country.
So technology does make it easier and makes a high level of dependability, so we forget to prepare manual mode if the technology stops.
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