Re: [nznog] Tongan Internet Outage

resending without the attachment - i have uploaded here instead. https://twitter.com/mhmtkcn/status/1089759385373425670 On Sun, Jan 27, 2019 at 9:33 PM Mehmet Akcin wrote:

here is an interesting datapoint. I believe the cable repair ship that is going to Tonga is TE Subcom's Reliance.

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/shipid:711444/zoom:9

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On Sun, Jan 27, 2019 at 6:25 PM Mehmet Akcin wrote:

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Interesting and thank you for sharing

I am running https://dev.networkatlas.org

If you have any more data, i would love to update.

Mehmet

On Sun, Jan 27, 2019 at 16:17 Pete Mundy wrote:

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There was an interview with the deputy CEO of Tonga Communications Corp in Dateline Pacific on Friday which had some more information for those interested:

https://www.radionz.co.nz/international/programmes/datelinepacific/audio/201...

It mentions that the breaks in the two separate cables are 5km apart yet occurred at the same time.

The interviewee's comments suggest that the satellite provider may be putting thumbscrews on for long-term commitments before approving additional capacity.

It's a shame Google don't have a spare loom balloon to send their way to patch into some Facebook style satellite laser backhaul!

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On 28/01/2019, at 12:59 PM, Mark Foster wrote:

Surprised I hadn't seen much news on this, tripped over it whilst looking into other things.

https://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/381086/tongans-urged-to...

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Related articles indicate that there's two breaks to submarine cables offshore and they don't know what caused it yet, but it's likely to be

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least a week before repairs are completed. Limited capacity in the interim (Satellite only, maybe?)

Cheers Mark.

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