Tonga Finds Itself Connecting Back To The World After A Month
It has taken a month for Tonga to be able to reconnect back to the world. A volcanic eruption pushed the country back into stone age, when they could not use internet services. After a month of struggle, the country has made use of makeshift satellite services as the repairs to the submarine cable. The remote island was hit by an earthquake and tsunami together. The island was hit badly in mid-January. Tongans have struggled with makeshift satellite services as the repairs to the cable were made. The repair ship Reliance took 20 days to replace a 92-kilometre (57-mile) section of the 827 km submarine fiber optic cable that connects Tonga to Fiji and other international networks. The next struggle would be to repair the domestic cable connecting the main island of Tongatapu with outlying islands. These were reportedly worst hit by the Tsunami. This, according to Tonga Cable chief executive James Panuve could take six to nine months. Another challenge is that the island does n...