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Tonga sent back to 'dark ages' after underwater Internet cable severed
Fox News ^
| January 24,2019
| Anna Hopkins
Posted on 01/24/2019 5:03:58 PM PST by Hojczyk
Residents of the South Pacific nation of Tonga are experiencing a total Internet shutdown after an underwater cable which connects the island to the rest of the world was severed, possibly by the anchor of a large ship.
It doesn't just mean that the isolated country can't access Facebook and YouTube - it's also affected email, airline bookings, university enrollment, money wires and prevented businesses from processing credit and debit cards - throwing the small country into chaos as they face up to weeks of Internet isolation.
A ship from nearby Samoa will be sent out to fix the severed cable within the next week, and in the meantime, a satellite dish has been set up in the country's capital of Nukualofa. Hundreds of people reportedly gathered outside the government building housing the dish, where the signal is most reliable, to conduct necessary business or to simply touch base with relatives located away from the island.
You just wait for your turn to have your 20 minutes to access... its currently hot here in Tonga at the moment but theyve put up a tent outside, with chairs, so people can wait," Tonga police spokeswoman Sia Adams said of the gathering outside the building, for which the hours have been extended to midnight.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: eruption; eruptions; globalwarminghoax; greennewdeal; hungahaapai; hungatonga; localnews; tonga; volcano; volcanoes
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posted on
01/24/2019 5:03:58 PM PST
by
Hojczyk
To: Hojczyk
If it was rough on TONGA, how might it be in Palo Alto..?
Or Manhattan...?
PANDEMONIUM.
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posted on
01/24/2019 5:09:01 PM PST
by
gaijin
To: Hojczyk
I’m guessing Global Warming.
Al Gore can fix this.
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posted on
01/24/2019 5:09:38 PM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: Hojczyk
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posted on
01/24/2019 5:10:49 PM PST
by
IronJack
To: Hojczyk
ours went down for a few days....OMG I had tons of time to do all my chores, fight with the wife and go hunting...thank goodness it is back on... still not speaking to the wife....hehehe
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posted on
01/24/2019 5:12:52 PM PST
by
curdogmen
(we got a dog in this hunt)
To: Hojczyk
Dark ages? I have friends who vacationed in Tonga. Dark ages’ is an understatement, even with internet.
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posted on
01/24/2019 5:13:28 PM PST
by
max americana
(Happily Fired every stupid liberal at every election since 08' at work. I hope all liberals die.)
To: gaijin
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.
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posted on
01/24/2019 5:13:36 PM PST
by
dead
(Our next president is going to be sooooo boring.)
To: Hojczyk
This is a good thing, right?
No more white man technology for Tonga.
As “Mother Nature” intended!
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posted on
01/24/2019 5:15:42 PM PST
by
RedMonqey
("Those who turn their arms in for plowshares will be doing the plowing for those who didn't.")
To: max americana
Yeah, but now it’s like “Idiocracy”.
Oh wait, that was the USA under pResident Barack Hussein Obama.
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posted on
01/24/2019 5:16:53 PM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: SaveFerris
Im guessing Global Warming.
Al Gore can fix this.....
He should have been able to keep it from happening.
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posted on
01/24/2019 5:17:07 PM PST
by
mountainlion
(Live well for those that did not make it back.)
To: mountainlion
Al Gore can fly some Internets out to them on his jet plane!!
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posted on
01/24/2019 5:18:45 PM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: curdogmen
So in other words, you are till reaping the benefits of losing internet service.
Enjoy the silence.
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posted on
01/24/2019 5:20:20 PM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Hojczyk
"A ship from nearby Samoa will be sent out to fix the severed cable within the next week, and in the meantime, a satellite dish has been set up in the country's capital of Nukualofa. Hundreds of people reportedly gathered outside the government building housing the dish, where the signal is most reliable, to conduct necessary business or to simply touch base with relatives located away from the island."
Oh does that bring back memories. I used to have to do that in Majuro in the Marshall Islands. Reserve a time or just go out there and sit under the dish until you got an opportunity. It was the only way to communicate with the US.
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posted on
01/24/2019 5:21:12 PM PST
by
Truth29
To: Hojczyk
“Tonga”? Where the hell is that?
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posted on
01/24/2019 5:21:14 PM PST
by
Bonemaker
(invictus maneo)
To: dead
Everything you say is true.
But the people who live there are mostly Democrats.
To: Hojczyk
Sounds like a South Park episode.
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posted on
01/24/2019 5:25:52 PM PST
by
Disambiguator
(Keepin' it analog.)
To: Hojczyk
[Facebook and YouTube]
Dear FaceBook,
Today I make fire. Tomorrow I post video on YouTube on how to make whee!%@###+=/...carrier signal lost
Yes, imagine this across a Western country. People would actually have to talk to one another. So much for applying for a job online.
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posted on
01/24/2019 5:27:01 PM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: Bonemaker
Southeast of Fiji - had to look again - Northeast of Tonga is Niue.
North-Northeast of Fiji is Wallis and Futuna.
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posted on
01/24/2019 5:29:38 PM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: Hojczyk
I remember life before the internet. It was not the dark ages.
In fact. It was better in many ways.
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posted on
01/24/2019 5:30:19 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Bonemaker
If you land in Fiji, you’ve overshot it.
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posted on
01/24/2019 5:31:24 PM PST
by
GnuThere
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