Tonga sent back to 'dark ages' after underwater Internet cable severed

Fox News ^ | January 24,2019 | Anna Hopkins

[sparklite2]

I hate to think what retirement would be like for me without computers or the internet. Brrrrrrrrrr.

[StormEye]

No internet! Now they can all go back to Nature.
The way life is supposed to be lived.
Isn't this what Al Gore, the Democrats,
AOC and all the psycho environmentalist advocates want?

[Cementjungle]

[itsahoot]

It was the only way to communicate with the US.

What is wrong with sattelites?

[Truth29]

The dish was a big satellite dish. Handhelds weren’t available then.

[henbane]

. . . throwing the small country into chaos.

King George was not pleased.

Tonga's King George Tupou V, seated in his throne, attend his coronation ceremony in the nation's capital city Nuku'alofa August 1, 2008. Amid pealing bells, booming cannons, balloons and cheering children, Tonga crowned its new king on in a British-styled church ceremony, before a congregation of 1,000 that included Tongan, British, Japanese and Thai royalty, as well as South Pacific chiefs and heads of state. (REUTERS/Peter Halmagy)

[henbane]

. . . throwing the small country into chaos.

King George was not pleased.

Tonga's King George Tupou V, seated in his throne, attend his coronation ceremony in the nation's capital city Nuku'alofa August 1, 2008. Amid pealing bells, booming cannons, balloons and cheering children, Tonga crowned its new king on in a British-styled church ceremony, before a congregation of 1,000 that included Tongan, British, Japanese and Thai royalty, as well as South Pacific chiefs and heads of state. (REUTERS/Peter Halmagy)

[Notthereyet]

Books. Plenty of books.

Paper. And an implement to write with; pencil, pen, marker.

All good things.

LOLOL

[dfwgator]

[CrazyIvan]

Ivy Bells, the sequel.

[al baby]

I predict lots of toganise babies in 9 months or so

[JohnnyP]

How far is that from Pom Pom Galli?

“The Sea Chase”

John Wayne, Lana Turner, 1955

[Big Red Badger]

Toga,Toga,TOGA!

[BenLurkin]

Looks like some GIs left a legacy there.....

[reformedliberal]

We were there and in the general vicinity in 1975 and again in 2000. Life was good in 1975. People in French Polynesia were friendly, calm, healthy and seemed happy. Tonga was a rural backwater with fresh food from the sea and the land. Everyone had some chickens and maybe a pig. Business was conducted by telephone and radio.

By 2000, everyone had motorbikes, cell phones. The hotels had internet and I suppose some other residents did, as well. People were more sullen. There were constant strikes and labor unrest in Tahiti (interestingly, the large French properties were struck, not the American ones). All through Polynesia, people were laughing at the Bush vs. Gore fiasco.

1975 in the South Pacific was a true delight. A time and place to which I’d willingly return, given the chance.

My takeaway from this article is that a makeshift solution was found and life goes on.

[moovova]

At the rate the oceans are rising...they ain’t gonna need internet.

[SaveFerris]

Heh ... well, eventually.....

Revelation 16:18-20

But that’s after a great earthquake, it appears

[SaveFerris]

That WAS a very funny series of commercials

[BobL]

“Manahattan doesn’t rely on a single cable to supply all it’s data access. And it’s an island, but you can walk from it to the mainland US in under a half hour.”

Did that walk, over the GW Bridge. OUTSTANDING!!! I still love to visit NYC, but yea, it is turning back into a S-hole, thanks to its mayor.