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Tonga reconnects with outside world after data cable repaired
- robbedpeter 5y agoLess than 6 weeks was required to restore internet service to one of the most challenging locations on the planet after a violent nature tantrum broke things. Not bad, actually. They set up a rate limited but publicly available satellite uplink during the outage, and there were private satellite connections, so critical outside communications stayed online. Not a bad outcome, considering everything else in the world that's breaking down.