Re: Coverage of the .to internet outage

2022-01-21 Thread Joel M Snyder
Got an Intelsat press release which may be of interest to folks following the situation in Tonga. I wish I could include just a URL, but they sent it to be as text so I am including the full thing: --- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 21, 2022 Intelsat and Partners Bring Emergency Connectivi

Re: Coverage of the .to internet outage

2022-01-20 Thread John Levine
It appears that Aaron C. de Bruyn via NANOG said: >> 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

Re: Coverage of the .to internet outage

2022-01-20 Thread scott
From: "Jay R. Ashworth" This piece: https://www.npr.org/2022/01/18/1073863310/an-undersea-cable-fault-could-cut-tonga-from-the-rest-of-the-world-for-weeks drills down to this piece with slightly more detail: https://www.reuters.com/markets/funds/undersea-cable-fault-could-cut-off-tonga-rest-wo

Re: Coverage of the .to internet outage

2022-01-20 Thread Aaron C. de Bruyn via NANOG
On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 10:21 AM Eric Kuhnke wrote: > 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

Re: Coverage of the .to internet outage

2022-01-20 Thread Eric Kuhnke
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. Ideally it would be possible to

Re: Coverage of the .to internet outage

2022-01-19 Thread Scott Weeks
--- sur...@mauigateway.com wrote: --- j...@baylink.com wrote: From: "Jay R. Ashworth" This piece: https://www.npr.org/2022/01/18/1073863310/an-undersea-cable-fault-could-cut-tonga-from-the-rest-of-the-world-for-weeks drills down to this piece with slightly more detail: https://www.reuters.co

Re: Coverage of the .to internet outage

2022-01-19 Thread Scott Weeks
--- j...@baylink.com wrote: From: "Jay R. Ashworth" This piece: https://www.npr.org/2022/01/18/1073863310/an-undersea-cable-fault-could-cut-tonga-from-the-rest-of-the-world-for-weeks drills down to this piece with slightly more detail: https://www.reuters.com/markets/funds/undersea-cable-fau

Coverage of the .to internet outage

2022-01-18 Thread Jay R. Ashworth
This piece: https://www.npr.org/2022/01/18/1073863310/an-undersea-cable-fault-could-cut-tonga-from-the-rest-of-the-world-for-weeks drills down to this piece with slightly more detail: https://www.reuters.com/markets/funds/undersea-cable-fault-could-cut-off-tonga-rest-world-weeks-2022-01-18/ I'm