The main topic of the last two days is the renewed discussion of fees for international traffic. According to Kommersant, the Ministry of Digital Development is again talking with operators about charging for more than 50 GB of international traffic, but only in 5G networks. There is no technical way to do this yet: 5G traffic actually runs through LTE, so the idea cannot be implemented quickly. Earlier, other figures were mentioned — for example, a fee per gigabyte above a smaller limit — but no final decision has been made. For XConnect users, this matters because such measures directly affect Cheburnet: the more expensive and difficult international traffic becomes, the more pressure there is on the usual ways of accessing foreign services. At the same time, the 50 GB threshold looks high: an average private subscriber uses about 24 GB of mobile traffic per month, and 5G is still not available everywhere or on all devices.
The second notable story is the outage of the Moscow Electronic School. Users complained en masse that the electronic diary would not open, homework and class schedules were missing, and they saw a white screen or endless loading. Most reports came from Moscow and the Moscow region, but there were also isolated complaints from other regions. This is a reminder that even large state digital platforms can suddenly become unavailable.
The third story is the removal of the decentralized messenger Bitchat from the Indian App Store and then from Google Play. Apple acted at the request of the Indian government over “illegal content.” The app works without central servers or the internet, passing messages directly between smartphones via a Bluetooth mesh. Notably, the request came the day after protests in Delhi and Mumbai, where mobile internet was shut down. For XConnect users, this is another example of how Cheburnet and communication restrictions push people toward offline and mesh solutions.
There is not much data for the period, so this digest is short. The main thing to keep in mind: the topic of fees for international traffic is active again, but it is still at the stage of discussions and technical limitations.