Tonga could be cut off for weeks amid efforts to repair undersea comms cable (theguardian.com) 12 points by Symbiote 4y ago ↗ HN
[–] Valgrim 4y ago ↗ This seems like a good opportunity for SpaceX. Send an helicopter with a few hundred starlink dishes would certainly help relief coordination. [–] [dead] aaron695 4y ago ↗ [–] BenjiWiebe 4y ago ↗ I know, that's what I was thinking. Or even geostationary satellites. Being able to go to some public building and getting 1Mbps for an hour is a lot better than nothing.
[–] BenjiWiebe 4y ago ↗ I know, that's what I was thinking. Or even geostationary satellites. Being able to go to some public building and getting 1Mbps for an hour is a lot better than nothing.
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