“Traffic will go to Russia through Europe”: Google began to turn off the server in Russia, which accelerate YouTube loading and other services

Google began to disconnect the Russian Google Global Cache servers, which are needed to accelerate the work of YouTube and other Internet giant services in Russia. This was announced in his channel in Telegram by the head of the Law Firm "Orderkom" Dmitry Galushko. This information was also confirmed by RBC two sources in the telecommunications market.

According to Galushko, several Russian telecom operators received notifications. One of them, the Orenburg Provider Radiosvyaz, which works under the Focus Life brand, received a letter from one of the Irish subsidiaries of Google - Raiden Unlimited Company. The document said that “in connection with changes in legal practice” in the near future the servers will be disconnected. After that, Google engineers will contact the provider, who will withdraw equipment.

Galushko told The Insider that after the publication of the post, the operator from Moscow contacted him, to which Google also turned to a similar request. Galushko did not clarify the name of the provider: "Everyone is afraid to lose money." In addition, the mass shutdown of these servers is observed in the territory of the LDNR, Galushko noted.

The representative of the Radio Communications told RBC that the servers were disconnected on May 19, but the notification came only a few days after that. The representative of the provider suggested that Google considered the operator too small - through his Google Global Cache server there was a relatively small traffic.

Google Global Cache servers are needed to reduce the load on main networks and accelerate content loading from the company's services like YouTube. In the case of the video, this works like this: if some user from Russia requested a certain video, then he continues to be stored for Russian servers Google Global Cache for some time in case another user requests the same video.

In the case of a “mass shutdown” of Google Global Cache servers in Russia, the work of the company's services will really slow down, Galushko The Insider said.

“ <In this case, The Insider> Google traffic will go to the Russian Federation through Europe,” said Galushko, and two questions arise here. Will the capacities of the European network have enough to skip the entire Google traffic requested by the Russians? And will the capacities of cross -border transitions <Between Europe and Russia - The Insider> ? "

If in a nutshell, says Galushko, in the event of a massive shutdown of servers in Russia, video from YouTube will not be loaded from the server in the country, as it is now, but from the server in Europe. This will already slow down the process. Otherwise, the video may not boot at all - simply because the European network is simply not designed for such an increase in traffic.

“It’s not in the same way,” Galushko concluded.