Technology
Tonga’s volcano blast cut it off from the world. Here’s what it will take to get it reconnected.
“There’s a priority over whose cable gets fixed first,” says Madory. “Countries pay a little premium to get fixed first.” Once one of these vessels arrives on scene, which itself could take days, it drops a hook to snag the cable that runs along the sea floor. The hooked cable, which when in the deep […]
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