From: Ulrich Speidel <u.speidel@auckland.ac.nz>
To: "starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net" <starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net>
Subject: [Starlink] Starlink banned in Tonga
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2024 22:13:08 +1200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <241328ae-4a9c-42e6-a95c-ec1bc3a302a6@auckland.ac.nz> (raw)
https://talanoaotonga.to/starlink-users-in-tonga-must-pay-to-reconnect-despite-government-orders-to-stop-illegal-internet-services/
This is a tad bit surprising given that the domestic fibre cable from
Tongatapu to Vava'u and Ha'apai was damaged at the end of June:
https://talanoaotonga.to/tonga-struggles-with-internet-outages-considers-starlink-amid-cable-repair-delay/
The likely cause is one or more underwater landslides east of the Hunga
Tonga Hunga Ha'apai volcano triggered by an earthquake, bringing debris
from the 2022 eruption down into the cable grounds. I can vaguely
remember suggesting to them not to put that cable back there given that
the trench had proven to be the submarine geological equivalent of a
gutter. Alas that's where it ended up again.
Never a dull moment in Pacific telecommunication!
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