{"id":35737,"date":"2019-01-27T05:00:42","date_gmt":"2019-01-27T09:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=35737"},"modified":"2019-01-27T13:30:49","modified_gmt":"2019-01-27T17:30:49","slug":"internet-and-phone-service-to-kingdom-of-tonga-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/internet-and-phone-service-to-kingdom-of-tonga-cut\/","title":{"rendered":"Shortwave is an alternative source of news while Internet and phone service to the Kingdom of Tonga are cut"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, DanH, who writes:<\/p>\n

Internet and phone service between the Kingdom of Tonga and the outside world was disabled after an undersea cable was cut between Tonga and Fiji.<\/p>\n

(Source: Radio New Zealand<\/a>)<\/p>\n

“Tonga’s submarine cable to Fiji was severed on Sunday night, meaning there were no phone or internet services for several days.<\/p>\n

Interim satellite links have since been provided but the bandwidth is nowhere near what Tonga needs.<\/p>\n

The deputy chief executive of Tonga Communications Corporation, Sione Veikoso, said the company is now providing extra capacity.<\/p>\n

[F]ull restoration may be possible within a week but it could take a month.”<\/p>\n

Speaking on the Radio New Zealand Pacific program Dateline Pacific (evening edition for 25 January 2019) deputy chief executive of Tonga Communications Corporation, Sione Veikoso said that two cables were cut. Click here to listen to the audio.<\/a><\/p>\n

I heard the RNZ Dateline Pacific program on RNZI (shortwave), 9700 kHz at 11:13 UTC 1-25-2019.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thanks for sharing, Dan. Yes, in times like these, shortwave radio makes for an easy, accessible way to get information directly from the source. Radio New Zealand International should be an easy catch in Tonga.<\/p>\n

I’m filing this under the tag: Why shortwave radio?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, DanH, who writes: Internet and phone service between the Kingdom of Tonga and the outside world was disabled after an undersea cable was cut between Tonga and Fiji. (Source: Radio New Zealand) “Tonga’s submarine cable to Fiji was severed on Sunday night, meaning there were no phone or internet […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,43],"tags":[5115,7578,2576,84],"class_list":["post-35737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-danh","tag-kingdom-of-tonga","tag-radio-new-zealand-international","tag-why-shortwave-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-9ip","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2119,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/radio-new-zealand-international-rnzi-b11-shortwave-schedule\/","url_meta":{"origin":35737,"position":0},"title":"Radio New Zealand International (RNZI) B11 Shortwave Schedule","author":"Thomas","date":"October 14, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"30 Oct 2011 - 24 Mar 2012 UTC kHz Target Days 0459-0758 11725 AM 13730 DRM Pacific Daily 0759-1058 9765 AM 9870 DRM Pacific Daily 1059-1258 15720 AM 9870 DRM Timor Daily 1300-1550 5950 AM Pacific Daily 1551-1650 7440 AM 5950 DRM Cook Islands, Samoa Daily 1651-1750 9765 AM 9890\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Broadcasters"","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":53659,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/radio-waves-radio-liberty-journalist-bugged-invisible-battle-rnz-shortwave-after-tonga-eruption-closing-analog-fm-in-spain-to-save-energy-and-keeping-morse-code-alive\/","url_meta":{"origin":35737,"position":1},"title":"Radio Waves: Radio Liberty Journalist Bugged, Invisible Battle, RNZ Shortwave After Tonga Eruption, Closing Analog FM in Spain to Save Energy, and Keeping Morse Code Alive","author":"Thomas","date":"August 13, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Radio Waves:\u00a0 Stories Making Waves in the World of Radio Welcome to the\u00a0SWLing Post\u2019s Radio Waves, a collection of links to interesting stories making waves in the world of radio.\u00a0Enjoy! 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