Posted on 01/30/2022 7:39:36 AM PST by texas booster
A specialist ship on its way to restore a vital communications cable linking Tonga to the rest of the world is expected to reach the archipelago on Sunday, two weeks after a volcanic eruption and tsunami damaged homes, resorts and infrastructure.
The ship left Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, almost 5,000 km (3,000 miles) away on Jan. 20, according to Refinitiv Eikon data, and is expected to need a few weeks to carry out complicated repairs to the undersea cable.
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Faults in the world’s 436 active undersea cables are common and typically most traffic would be rerouted to another one nearby.
But Tonga’s 105,000 people are only served by one cable – to Fiji, some 800 km (500 miles) away – and their islands sit on the Pacific Ring of Fire, prone to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Communications were cut for five days after the latest eruption and while some have been rerouted via satellite, they remain patchy.
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A few more weeks of slow internet and phones and then back to normal, Tongan style speed.
Waiting several weeks for some ship.. bah humbug. They could have had this taken care weeks ago by sticking with the tried and true old school method of throwing someone into a volcano.
I nominate my state governor, Gavin Newsom.
What ever happened to the satalite dish? Am I barking up the wrong tree.? I thought a satalite dish could replace the concept of using cables.
Second that bearded Gavin Newsom.
I like the way you think.
After all, it always worked in the movies.
The satellite dishes just do not provide the bandwidth of a hard cable.
Thrown in Biden too. Just to be sure.
They should at least get one as a backup.
This way they can report on the damage after a volcano blows up and also able to read Free Republic.
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