ACCA sources from Turkmenistan reported an almost complete blocking of the Internet. The maximum decrease in speed and blocking of VPN services are observed in all regions of the country. As of April 12, the maximum Internet connection speed was 22.4 KB/s. Paid VPN servers operating in Turkmenistan were also blocked.
The country has never experienced such an unprecedented slowdown and blocking of the Internet. The country’s special services have blocked all subnets of the world’s largest hosting providers. Now all social networks, websites and mass media independent of the country’s government are blocked in the country. The authorities began to turn the Internet into a local network within the country.
According to information posted on the website of Cloudflare company, the Internet is almost completely blocked in Turkmenistan. Citizens of Turkmenistan living outside the country complain that even the only IMO messenger, that worked in the country, has become unsuitable for video calls. Now you can only communicate with relatives by voice calls. And during the conversation, you have to call back several times; the connection is constantly cut off. Many people complain that now they will not be able to see their children.
Our source from Turkmenistan sent us a screenshot from his phone. The image upload took more than two minutes, and the data transfer rate dropped to 6 KB/s; the screenshot size is 65.77 KB. The connection was constantly interrupted during the download and the file had to be reloaded several times. The country’s special services strictly control the Internet and persecute VPN installers.
In 2016, former President Berdymukhamedov was included in the list of Enemies of the Internet by Reporters without Borders. People, who know Serdar Berdymukhamedov, say that it will be even worse in the country and not only with the Internet. According to Cable.co.uk, the slowest and most expensive Internet in the world is in Turkmenistan.
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