From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from tuna.sandelman.ca (tuna.sandelman.ca [209.87.249.19]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ADH-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 437843B2A4 for ; Sun, 1 Sep 2024 22:26:43 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tuna.sandelman.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81B9438992; Sun, 1 Sep 2024 22:26:42 -0400 (EDT) Received: from tuna.sandelman.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (amavis, port 10024) with LMTP id wE2ZK41bCHRq; Sun, 1 Sep 2024 22:26:41 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=sandelman.ca; s=mail; t=1725244000; bh=n1tYqXeN8wTV7VRk28MBcAbagnSTnm+WZbjl98xFr6g=; h=From:To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=pd8Pz/Yf9Wv9ATG6ynEMbaKF3H0YbdRoH5CULw9fTVljSU8RRK6+IFkEjQHAvEu7R eNHzQixSLcWhLHGHt0xJom8zeFlcW66kZIQ7RRoVxU+N2GmZAGRuHQvCMruwBE0z31 c5Z3zjflpCDk5a1m8DtO7h4HBhgUmcjwQCbKV1iR+qjsZ0qIpGiSHmDu30823QR5H0 PjO/Vj3PNvoXMOr085FxkzpLRG49u9v1fBBkZWs0u445oAJRKU+Nc/JpHgSNgyKah1 WGa1TpQq1Ot/N8z1zLwBdkw4p4BwjP7o3yMRIsIa/RknYxbdMVOK4TJoorzJAnSiL8 nPEYIVLQ9e3aw== Received: from sandelman.ca (obiwan.sandelman.ca [IPv6:2607:f0b0:f:2::247]) by tuna.sandelman.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id E67E538991; Sun, 1 Sep 2024 22:26:40 -0400 (EDT) Received: from obiwan.sandelman.ca (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by sandelman.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1B6A59E; Sun, 1 Sep 2024 22:26:40 -0400 (EDT) From: Michael Richardson To: Ulrich Speidel , "starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net" In-Reply-To: <57a985b7-84f5-4723-9a6c-68343d2b4c30@auckland.ac.nz> References: <57a985b7-84f5-4723-9a6c-68343d2b4c30@auckland.ac.nz> X-Mailer: MH-E 8.6+git; nmh 1.8+dev; GNU Emacs 28.2 X-Face: $\n1pF)h^`}$H>Hk{L"x@)JS7<%Az}5RyS@k9X%29-lHB$Ti.V>2bi.~ehC0; <'$9xN5Ub# z!G,p`nR&p7Fz@^UXIn156S8.~^@MJ*mMsD7=QFeq%AL4m Subject: Re: [Starlink] An update on Tonga X-BeenThere: starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: "Starlink has bufferbloat. Bad." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2024 02:26:43 -0000 --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ulrich Speidel via Starlink wrote: > There were quite a few folk on this list a couple of years back who w= ere > interested in what was happening to Internet in Tonga after the big v= olcanic > eruption there. I'm not sure where I left off. Thank you for the update. > Spare cable was ordered from France and was installed middle of 2023, > restoring the TDCE to service. How long was the outage caused by lack of spare cable? Is there an effort to keep more spare cable closer? > location. The operators were well aware of the risk, however re-routi= ng the > cable would have required it to be lengthened, with the need to insert > repeaters, upgrade terminal equipment, and conduct a new marine surve= y, which > would have meant further delays. Is this on the long-term plan? > On=C2=A026 August 2024, 11:29=E2=80=AFam, a M6.9 quake struck in the = area at a depth of > about 106 km. Our Science building in Auckland has a "citizen science" > seismograph with a big display in its foyer, and my student and I not= iced the That's pretty neat. > Meanwhile, Starlink has been licensed to operate commercially in Tong= a. For > many Pacific Island countries, this is a double-edged sword: On the o= ne hand, > this provides short-term relief, on the other hand, it deprives local= ISPs of > customers and therefore impacts on aspirations to achieve cable conne= ctivity > which could provide more bandwidth in the medium term. Yeah. I see those edges. --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQFFBAEBCgAvFiEEbsyLEzg/qUTA43uogItw+93Q3WUFAmbVImARHG1jckBzYW5k ZWxtYW4uY2EACgkQgItw+93Q3WU3lwf+OkXPaoSOVE8uUZccy0Wrds2QgP+d/02t /AYbBzhysVIxu3SiQAAfadnD9b6Pm0NpnAvrfzwTQRT9RekhQTfRY4k1aLegz3qa SbKhrEHFUF0p+r2opVDVwBzH5yHYzSGOMu3K+g8EV2Qtwo/bZvUxlYP6gwCWNk4w AI8QzMGRMe44vlBD+hly4b8CEeYxUl6lJry5ugWAU8nt3xpkCM4uG7OHZmFwypGP RPVPFjOSbIs2cPUklhKswPQx9mDtUR3H3tfplOQ2n4oDNXnyMA7rARdW/yGQb0Oe RCmus0952JwlyHQzTb/R+UB3U+bh6kVXNrlXZQS+tRxr+9wGLpzerw== =u9BP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--