Ars Technica

Undersea cable damage wipes out most Internet access in Tonga islands

Ouch, that is super unfortunate for the people of Tonga. I sincerely hope they get it fixed soon. I'm surprised they only had 1 connection, I would have thought an island-nation like Tonga would have ...
SDxCentral

Tonga's Internet still not restored after subsea cable repair ship breaks down

The restoration of Internet connectivity in Tonga has been delayed until the middle of August after the cable repair ship broke down. First reported in Radio New Zealand, the ship sent to repair the ...
WBAL

Internet to Tonga’s main island could be restored in 2 weeks

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Nearly two dozen sailors on an Australian military ship going to deliver aid to Tonga have tested positive for the coronavirus, officials said Tuesday, raising fears ...
WBAL

Tonga’s internet finally restored 5 weeks after big eruption

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Tonga’s main internet connection to the rest of the world has finally been restored more than five weeks after a huge volcanic eruption and tsunami severed a crucial ...
AOL

Phones reconnected in Tonga, internet will have to wait a month

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Telephone links between Tonga and the wider world began to be reconnected on Wednesday, though restoring full internet connectivity is likely to take a month or more according to ...
Business Insider

5 weeks after a deadly volcanic eruption, Tonga successfully replaced 56 miles of undersea cable to restore the country's internet

After five weeks without internet, the Kingdom of Tonga has successfully replaced 56 miles of undersea cable severed last month during a volcanic eruption, the Associated Press reports. At least three ...
Popular Science

The Tonga volcanic eruption reshaped the seafloor in mind-boggling ways

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Reuters

Severed cable sends Tonga 'back to beginning of the internet'

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The South Pacific nation of Tonga has been all but cut off from the internet this week after an undersea cable connecting the archipelago to the wider world was severed twice on ...
Ars Technica

Undersea cable damage wipes out most Internet access in Tonga islands

Despite a host of shortcomings, this is the sort of short-term situation those balloon-borne routers would actually be good for in terms of quick deployment. Click to expand... How? The issue isn't ...
KCRW

Tonga's internet is restored 5 weeks after big volcanic eruption

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Tonga's main internet connection to the rest of the world has been restored more than five weeks after a huge volcanic eruption and tsunami severed a crucial undersea cable.
AOL

UPDATE 1-Phones reconnected in Tonga, internet will have to wait a month

SYDNEY, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Telephone links between Tonga and the wider world began to be reconnected on Wednesday, though restoring full internet connectivity is likely to take a month or more ...