[Starlink] Tonga's international cable is back up

[Daniel AJ Sokolov @mobile]

So the Starlink terminals have arrived on Tongatapu, but are not operational yet?

Cheers
Daniel


On February 22, 2022 7:31:25 a.m. UTC, Ulrich Speidel <ulrich at cs.auckland.ac.nz> wrote:
>FWIW... this restores connectivity to ~80% of Tonga's population.
>
>The domestic cable may be up to 9 months off, depending on cable lead 
>time, apparently it's got to come from France. In the interim, there's 
>work on more satellite connectivity, I heard from a satellite ISP in NZ 
>today that they were about to ship a few units for Eutelsat links up. I 
>haven't heard any further about operational readiness of Starlink, but 
>have heard from a well-connected source that the dishys delivered to 
>Tonga will remain in Tongan government service in underconnected places 
>if and when service becomes available.
>
>I would expect them to hang onto a couple of units for Tongatapu just in 
>case there'll be more turbidity currents messing with the cable, heaven 
>forbid.
>
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