3 measures of Iranian internet connectivity

The Iranian regime has not sidelined the country's internet routers but has shut down the internet there nonetheless by interfering with the protocols devices use to communicate with each other.

Router announcements are signals that allow internet routers to find each other. Active probing involves sending signals to devices and looking for a response. Telescope is a method of measuring background noise from normal internet activity.
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