Re: Tongan Internet Outage

Interesting and thank you for sharing

I am running https://dev.networkatlas.org

If you have any more data, i would love to update.

Mehmet

On Sun, Jan 27, 2019 at 16:17 Pete Mundy <pete-dT/[email protected]> wrote:

>
> There was an interview with the deputy CEO of Tonga Communications Corp in
> Dateline Pacific on Friday which had some more information for those
> interested:
>
>
> https://www.radionz.co.nz/international/programmes/datelinepacific/audio/2018679783/tonga-communication-links-could-be-down-a-month
>
> It mentions that the breaks in the two separate cables are 5km apart yet
> occurred at the same time.
>
> The interviewee's comments suggest that the satellite provider may be
> putting thumbscrews on for long-term commitments before approving
> additional capacity.
>
> It's a shame Google don't have a spare loom balloon to send their way to
> patch into some Facebook style satellite laser backhaul!
>
>
> > On 28/01/2019, at 12:59 PM, Mark Foster <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Surprised I hadn't seen much news on this, tripped over it whilst looking
> > into other things.
> >
> >
> https://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/381086/tongans-urged-to-stop-using-social-media
> >
> > Related articles indicate that there's two breaks to submarine cables
> > offshore and they don't know what caused it yet, but it's likely to be at
> > least a week before repairs are completed.
> > Limited capacity in the interim (Satellite only, maybe?)
> >
> > Cheers
> > Mark.
>
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