The Fantasy of Internet for All
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🗓️ 1 May 2022
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Can Starlink ever fulfill its promise of connecting the world, especially places left behind by traditional internet? Or will it be just another toy for the rich?
Guest: Meaghan Tobin, reporter at Rest of World
Host: Lizzie O'Leary
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| 1:17.3 | This winter, a massive underwater volcano erupted near the Pacific Island Nation of Tonga. |
| 1:23.3 | In this cell phone video from Fiji, people are staring at clouds and ash and then a shockwave hits. |
| 1:33.4 | The volcano was massive, it killed at least four people and triggered a tsunami. |
| 1:38.3 | And on January 15th, when the eruption reached its climax, it also disconnected Tonga from the |
| 1:44.2 | outside world. The volcano erupted and almost immediately severed the only internet cable that |
| 1:50.0 | connects the archipelago of Tonga to the global internet. That's Megan Tobin, a reporter for the |
| 1:56.2 | website Rest of World. There is a cable that connects the nation to the wider world wide web |
| 2:03.6 | and there's also a cable inside the nation that connects a couple of island groups. Both of them |
| 2:09.0 | were severed by the eruption and then the country spent about a week with no internet whatsoever. |
| 2:15.1 | On January 21st, Elon Musk tweeted, could people from Tonga let us know if it is important for |
| 2:24.9 | SpaceX to send over Starlink terminals? Starlink is his satellite internet service. The company ended |
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