Iran's internet blackout may become permanent, with access for elites only

Do they have something like intranet with some local services, like in DPRK&Cuba? is this the case of completely losing connection and devices practically bricked for anything other than displaying the time?

If the weak link is GPS, could they not accept an override for the time and spherical coordinates to connect?

They already have uncensored unfiltered sim cards they issue to their own people, we found that out when X (Twitter) started showing which country you made the accout from and thousands of people had Iran which normal people can't access X without VPN. Its just that they shut off the internet for normal people now, which they hadn't done before.

… while every other country waits to see how it goes while drafting plans to emulate this

There must be so much video footage from smartphones during the demonstations that show gruesome killings and masacres, the iranian elites have to make sure this footage never sees the rest of the world. They have to ban the internet forever.

No shot. The economy is already in the gutter. The productivity hit of a total internet cutoff would be a death sentence

It's actually surprised me that they didn't do it before. China already achieved this in 2010s.

If I were a betting man I'd wager that technological determinism wins in the end.

Spacex satellites blockage was the surprise. How did they do it? I thought it would be the best dooms day kind of insurance. Turns out not.

But they unblocked it on Wed/Thur, I've been talking to friends normally since then.

I’m curious if it’s possible to somehow retrieve the whitelist to see who’s on it?

Can ROTW sanction Iran by giving it zero internet access even to "elites" by refusing to peer.

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