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From: "Jay R. Ashworth" <<a href="mailto:jra@baylink.com"
target="_blank" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">jra@baylink.com</a>><br>
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This piece:<br>
<a
href="https://www.npr.org/2022/01/18/1073863310/an-undersea-cable-fault-could-cut-tonga-from-the-rest-of-the-world-for-weeks"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.npr.org/2022/01/18/1073863310/an-undersea-cable-fault-could-cut-tonga-from-the-rest-of-the-world-for-weeks</a><br>
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drills down to this piece with slightly more detail:<br>
<a
href="https://www.reuters.com/markets/funds/undersea-cable-fault-could-cut-off-tonga-rest-world-weeks-2022-01-18/"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.reuters.com/markets/funds/undersea-cable-fault-could-cut-off-tonga-rest-world-weeks-2022-01-18/</a><br>
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I'm told their national carrier is trying to bring in a ground
station as <br>
well, though not whom it will connect to.<br>
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On Wed, 19 Jan 2022 at 15:50, Scott Weeks <<a
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It's hard to imagine they don't have a lot of Kacific Terminals or
other satellite connectivity there.<br>
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That's what most of the South Pacific uses and all used before the
cables were laid. Maybe the journalists<br>
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missed that like they miss things when talking about our stuff?</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/20/2022 8:18 AM, Eric Kuhnke
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<div>If you're a small pacific island nation state with a
limited budget, and a working submarine cable, maintaining a
SCPC geostationary satellite service that might be $20,000 a
month (on 36-60 month term) in transponder kHz may seem like a
very large ongoing expense.<br>
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<div>Ideally it would be possible to keep a backup circuit
operating in a very narrow section of kHz during normal times.
Along with the contractual ability to significantly expand it
on demand, but more capacity on the same satellite/same
polarity without physical reconfiguration of the remote end
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<p>Digicel just got them back online via sat:<br>
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<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/digicel-reconnects-tongan-users-via-satellite-to-rest-of-the-world">https://www.zdnet.com/article/digicel-reconnects-tongan-users-via-satellite-to-rest-of-the-world</a><br>
Digicel reconnects Tongan users via satellite to rest of the world</p>
<p class="summary">"Telco handing out free SIMs to let people
reconnect."</p>
<p>"Digicel said on Wednesday night it successfully re-established
international communication with its Tongan network thanks to a
satellite link."</p>
<p>"A preliminary technical fault investigation has established that
there are two separate undersea cable breaks. The first between
TCL cable landing station Sopu, Tongatapu, and FINTEL cable
landing station in Suva, Fiji," Digicel said. </p>
<p>"The international cable break is approximately 37km offshore
from Tonga. The second cable break is on the domestic cable which
is near the area of the recent volcanic activity." </p>
<p>scott<br>
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