# Taiwan stages first half-hour internet outage drill: Are people ready for wartime communications disruption?

https://mins.news/en/video/19031

- BBC Chinese, 2026-08-11 11:09 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PL6Do84w1M

> Taiwan’s 2026 Urban Resilience Exercise has for the first time included an internet outage scenario, simulating restricted mobile networks after undersea cables or communications stations are damaged during war. During the drill, residents could not use high-bandwidth services such as short videos, streaming video or mobile payments. Reporting from Taichung examined how people viewed the slowdown measures. An information-network expert said the exercise could strengthen psychological readiness for war and encourage people to consider alternatives to mobile internet.

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