On the South sea island of Tonga there is no Online function services. The operator of the Tonga Cable believed that a ship’s anchor has damaged your cable. A repair ship now has to drive from as far away as Samoa to the island. the

The Pacific state of Tonga is cut off from the Internet. Due to a fault in a submarine cable, whether it’s called. Almost all of the Online services no longer work. The cable damage was made on Sunday evening noticeable. The Internet was almost complete, international telephone calls were possible.

The operator of the Tonga Cable believed that a ship’s anchor has damaged your cable. It is connected to the coast of Fiji on the global network and represents the main data connection of the country to the Rest of the world. Tonga Cable according to on Sunday within ten miles of the Tonga coast twice ripped.

The Kingdom of Tonga consists of over 170 Islands. There 100 000 people live. The closest neighbours are Fiji and Samoa. In Samoa, more than 800 kilometers away – is the next ship from which the cable can be repaired. The repair might take, depending on the weather, up to two weeks. Worldwide, there are only very few of these special vessels.

With the help of a company that offers Internet via satellite could be made to the telephone lines now. Data-intensive services such as Youtube and other social media, however, remained inaccessible. A spokesman of Tonga Cable, said the news portal Motherboard that the Internet service providers to block the social media on purpose, in order to have enough bandwidth for more important infrastructure. Representatives of businesses complained that their customers could not pay with credit cards.

The reception dish for the satellite Internet was temporarily installed in the capital, Nuku’alofa. In front of the state-owned Telecom building, where the reception is best, jammed with hundreds of people. Reuters quoted police spokeswoman Sia Adams: “It is as if one would travel to the early days of the Internet.” Each was allowed 20 minutes to the network to do the bare minimum. In front of the building is a tent with chairs as a waiting area has been built up. People would want to make Transfers, airline tickets to buy, and “just chat,” said an employee of the telephone company TCC.

The incident shows how dependent many companies of functioning Submarine cable. A hotel Manager complained in an interview with Reuters, he did not know who had booked through booking portals such as Expedia with him. Airlines do not know if their flights are overbooked.

again and again will cut off entire countries because of problems with fiber optic cables from the Internet. In Somalia the network was 2017, in 2008, in Parts of Egypt and India.