I mostly use it to make international calls cause sometimes the country my folks are living in shuts down the cellular internet for some reason when major exams/riots are happening and whatsapp stops working.

Imaging telling a whole nation of people they can't use internet on their 500+ dollar phone. The fuck did they buy them for, playing temple run?

[–] lud@lemm.ee 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

South Korea? I heard they are insane when it comes to exams.

[–] Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Algeria, Syria, Iraq and Jordan apparently. Source: https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/uae/2024/05/31/exam-cheating-internet-blackout/

[–] guycls@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

India. Small correction, they don't shut it down for entire country, just the state ditricts the exams are happening in.

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/09/28/tech/india-rajasthan-reet-exam-internet-shutdown-intl-hnk/index.html

India still seems to be leading country doing shutdowns though.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/2/28/in-2022-the-world-saw-187-internet-shutdowns-84-by-india-alone

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