Exclusive Report from the Frontlines of Connectivity Resilience!
Friends, fellow citizens, and esteemed operators! While the heavy shadow of internet outages falls over the city, our data consumption narrative has transformed into a complex cinematic genre.
Imagine this: the internet is down, but the traffic for "attempting to find a usable website" has skyrocketed! We're living in the golden age of "forced typing and refresh." Local sites, those few valiant survivors, due to lack of access to domestic search engines (which seem to be on mandatory vacation, and Mr. "Zarebin" from "Hamrah Aval", who is always in "charging" mode, and "Gerdoo" who has completely "left and forgotten"!), have become remote islands. Our only activity? Guessing the correct spelling of an internet address for the seventh time!
But what's the most intriguing part of this saga? The mysterious meter!
During these two days when YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram, GitHub, Visual Studio, etc were in complete quarantine, suddenly three gigabytes of our internet package vanished gracefully! Yes, three gigabytes spent on "not having" internet. The new service activated itself, and the charge was applied. And today! And today, in absolute silence, another four gigabytes fell victim to this cycle.
This logic is only found in quantum physics textbooks or the financial reports of certain companies: negative consumption! It's as if every unsuccessful attempt to connect is charged a gigabyte!
Due to the anti-logical nature of this consumption, I decided to conduct an undercover operation: phone off! Yes, to preserve the remaining balance during these holidays, I heroically put the phone into hibernation mode. Of course, to prove this double injustice, I've created a "screenshot" at every stage; historical evidence of these imaginary expenses.
Conclusion: Friends, either our internet is secretly watching with white SIM cards, or the meters are weaving fantastical tales for us. For now, since a notification for buying a new package has arrived, we are ready for the next gigabytes that will be consumed in a vacuum!
Gigabyte Crisis in Wonderland
Seyed Hamed Vahedi
Thu, 15 January, 2026