Re: Tongan Internet Outage

resending without the attachment - i have uploaded here instead.

https://twitter.com/mhmtkcn/status/1089759385373425670

On Sun, Jan 27, 2019 at 9:33 PM Mehmet Akcin <[email protected]> wrote:

> here is an interesting datapoint. I believe the cable repair ship that is
> going to Tonga is TE Subcom's Reliance.
>
> https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/shipid:711444/zoom:9
>
> [image: Screen Shot 2019-01-27 at 9.31.16 PM.png]
>
> On Sun, Jan 27, 2019 at 6:25 PM Mehmet Akcin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> 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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>> --
>> Mehmet
>> +1-424-298-1903
>>
>

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