Internet connection was restored in Tonga on Tuesday, five weeks after a massive volcanic eruption shredded the undersea cable that connects the Pacific nation with the rest of the world. Telecom ...

Residents of the South Pacific nation of Tonga are experiencing a total Internet shutdown after an underwater cable which connects the island to the rest of the world was severed, possibly by the ...

A single garden hose-sized cable connected Tonga to the world until a natural disaster sent the country back to 1880. And it ...

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Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is helping with internet restoration efforts in Tonga after the country was hit by two natural disasters that severed a crucial undersea fiberoptic cable. Most people in ...

The restoration of the internet comes as the South Pacific island nation grapples with its first outbreak of the coronavirus. WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Tonga's main internet connection to the rest of ...

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Tonga's internet cable under the Pacific Ocean could reportedly take over a month to repair, shortly after it was severed by one of the biggest volcanic eruptions in recent history. underwater cable ...

The southern Pacific nation of Tonga is struggling following the eruption of a volcano, and that includes challenges getting online. According to Reuters and The Verge, the Tonga government has warned ...

For the second time in two years, the Pacific archipelagic state of Tonga is out of contact with the world—the first time thanks to an anchor on a Turkish ship, and now due to the spectacular eruption ...