INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Google has disconnected its services from Russian servers designed to boost internet speeds, the RBC news websitereported Thursday.Google
Global Cache (GGC) allows local providers to offer Google content, including YouTube videos, from their own networks, lowering waiting times
Without GGC, Russian users would experience slower access to Google content directly from the U.S
speculated that the cut-off could be linked to their servers' relatively low level of traffic.But in comments to RBC, MFTI Telecom linked
(The two are not connected.)Major Russian internet providers, including state-owned Rostelecom and mobile operators MTS and Megaton, said
they saw no disruptions in traffic through GGC servers.Cogent Communications, a major U.S
provider that carries around 25% of worldwide internet traffic,cut off Russian customers from its high-capacity internet service days after
Russia invaded Ukraine in late February.But the U.S
