Internet outages cut off coastal districts from the outside world
English - Monday 13 January 2020 الساعة 09:14 am
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A worker at Al-Yousifi exchange in Mocha said that banking operations were completely stopped on Friday and Saturday in most exchange stores.
He added, if the internet was interrupted, exchange firms incurred financial losses due to their inability to receive and send money transfers, but an employee at Al-Kuraimi Bank said that the bank resorted to using the satellite network to overcome the interruption problem.
Correspondence on social media stopped, due to the interruption of the Internet after the carrier announced
80% of the network capacity due to a marine cable being damaged.
But experts attributed the outage of the Internet to the existence of problems related to the failure of the telecommunications company, which is under the authority of the militia of the carrier, the consumption wages for the past six months.
Social media pioneers, especially WhatsApp users, had trouble sending and receiving messages, isolating the coastal districts from their outside world.
Citizens demanded that alternative internet solutions be found for those subject to the Houthi militia.
Others asked about the Aden Net company, which was under construction, stressing that the internet revenues give the Houthi militia an additional factor in its continuation of the war, given the tremendous returns it is earning.
Nader Hussain said, "The fact that the Internet remains in the hands of the militias makes it preferable to control its speed, as well as its ability to access some people's accounts."
And watch them.
He added that the Houthi militias earn hundreds of millions every month, and the government of Moeen Abdul Malik joined them to use that money to pay the employees ’cut-off salaries for months.
The Internet service stopped most cities on Friday and Saturday, before returning slightly and intermittently on Sunday.
