Makhachkala residents criticize signal quality in Wi-Fi hotspots

Makhachkala's public Wi-Fi hotspots are unstable and provide a weak signal, and in the context of regular mobile Internet shutdowns, the number of active Wi-Fi zones is insufficient.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" wrote, new public Internet hotspots opened in Makhachkala amid mobile Internet shutdowns, but Telegram users complained about the poor performance of the hotspots.

Mobile internet outages in Dagestan do not always coincide with the announcement of a drone alert regime - for example, on the evening of August 13, when there were interruptions in mobile internet in Makhachkala, there were no official reports of restrictions due to the possible threat of a UAV flight, Ismail told a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Makhachkala resident Arsen confirmed the information about the lack of access to mobile internet. "What is interesting is that there was no internet in the central part of the city: near the square, Primorsky Boulevard, on Rasul Gamzatov Avenue. "It was worth driving a little further, and the Internet appeared," he said.

According to Arsen, in one of the popular recreation areas for city residents and tourists - the Rhodope Boulevard, located near the city beach, there was no public Wi-Fi point. There were no connection points in the park along Rasul Gamzatov Avenue either.

There is free access to the Wi-Fi network in the central square of Makhachkala, but you need to register there by indicating your mobile phone number, said Zemfira. At the same time, according to her, the Internet is very weak and works only in certain places. "Banking applications did not open," she said.

You can pay with bank cards in most retail outlets, since entrepreneurs install their own Wi-Fi network, said Nabi. "Mobile Internet is disconnected almost every day. The main problem for me is the inability to call a taxi, the application does not work. Even if you use Wi-Fi, it is impossible to place an order, since taxi drivers cannot accept it," the man said.

He added that he uses the services of cafes for communication: almost all establishments have their own Wi-Fi network, and over a cup of coffee you can make calls and look up the necessary information on the Internet.

The locations where you can connect to the network announced by the Ministry of Digital Development of Dagestan are clearly not enough, believes Makhachkala resident Nasyr. “I don’t have the opportunity to get there; I have to go to the other side of the city. Since this situation has arisen, we need to organize more of these points, especially in the city center,” Nasir said.

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