In late November last year, a free journalist Vladimir Labrinenko, who was dispatched to Shikanjima, called, and said sorry."The communication environment is bad today and the photos are not delayed. I will try again tomorrow."
The northern territory cannot be visited normally by the Japanese, so if you do this, you will dispatch a Russian assistant.In that case, the most troublesome thing is the communication situation.There is almost no problem in calling in the village, but it is very difficult to send a slightly larger file such as photos.For me, I want to see the photos as soon as possible to know the local state.This is especially true when a big thing like Prime Minister Medvedev visits.However, it is not unusual to not reach the next day.
Therefore, Russian free journalists and assistants always say, "I can't send photos right now. I'll do my best at night."You will hear.It is a level that you should not consider videos from the beginning.
Why is communication so slow?"The capacity of the mobile phone communication line is too small," said Mikale Dudaev, who runs smartphones and personal computers on Kaitan Island.In the northern territory, not limited to Shikanjima, most residents use the Internet on smartphones and mobile phones.Only a limited facility, such as government offices and libraries, has a wired Internet.Of course, personal computers are not allowed.
In Color Tanjima, there are three companies, MTS, MEGAFON, and BEELINE, a major Russian mobile phone company, of which MTS and Megafon are relatively high -speed lines with 3G (3rd generation mobile communication method).Then there.However, it is difficult to expand the capacity because it is connected to outside the island in the parabolic antenna established by the Shalin government, and the speed is slow in the afternoon with many users.It is difficult to connect in the summer when the number of migrant workers in the fisheries and construction industry increases.Therefore, if you try to send a large file such as a photo, you have to challenge it late at night when everyone is asleep.Dudaev says, "Everyone is at home on bad weather, so the Internet will not be connected at once and you can't see YouTube."
BEELINE is still 2g (2nd generation mobile communication method).By the way, in Russia, high -speed communication LTE, which is now in the Far East Shalin State, which has jurisdiction over the northern territory, is now popular in Russia.Oxana Tomason, who has emigrated from Russia's continent to Tanjima, is dissatisfied with the fact that infrastructure is delayed, and the Internet is bad.
When you leave the village, there are areas where communication status vary among the three companies, and it may be difficult to connect in some places.In addition, he spills, "If it gets storms, none of them can be used."Also, when Megafon's communication equipment had a problem and it became difficult to communicate, it took time to repair parts from Sakhalin.For this reason, Dudaev has all three SIM cards that can be inserted into a mobile phone."I recommend all the islanders in the same way."This is the same for communication services than Sakhalin, but the price is the same.
However, Kokugojima, the same northern territory, is said to have a worse communication situation than Color Tanjima.According to a mobile shop clerk Galina Romovskaya, only two MTS and Megafon mobile phone companies."The time to send photos depends greatly on where you are. It's completely out of range in a part of the village," he said, "I'm a lot of garage.I don't need a smartphone. "However, the islanders, Victor Jomin, are dissatisfied with the fact that the comfort of the Internet is more than a heaven and earth than Sakhalin. ""I don't know why it's so expensive. No one is using the Internet."
Inside Dudaev's store on Color Tanjima, there are many popular smartphones in the world, such as Samson and Apple.The reason is that it has a wide range of low -priced models to high -end models.The latest models such as the iPhone are in stock a little later, but the price is slightly higher than Sakhalin.In addition, PCs are lined up, and the elevation of electronic devices is not inferior to the mainland of Russia, but half of the functions cannot be used as it is.
The Russian government is currently focusing on the northern territory communication environment, and Russian telecommunications giant Rostelecom cooperates with Chinese telecommunications equipment, Huawei (Huawei), and Kokugo Island, Kokugo Island, and Shikan Island.We are working on installing the optical fiber line.The seabed is already over, and the work on the ground is expected to end soon.The islanders are waiting for the completion as soon as one day, including Dudaev, who expects that the communication will be dramatically improved if the optical fiber is laid, and will no longer be sparse to the continent.
