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What Next TBD: The Fantasy of Internet for All

Slate Technology

Slate

Society & Culture, Technology, History

4.6636 Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2022

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Today on the show: 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:06.0

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0:11.0

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0:15.0

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0:17.0

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0:21.8

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0:23.1

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0:27.3

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0:34.0

Check that out, man.

0:36.6

That's the, that's, man. That's the volcano eruption.

0:43.3

This winter, a massive underwater volcano erupted near the Pacific Island nation of Tonga.

0:50.3

In this cell phone video from Fiji, people are staring at clouds and ash, and then a shockwave hits.

0:59.3

The volcano was massive. It killed at least four people and triggered a tsunami.

1:04.7

And on January 15th, when the eruption reached its climax, it also disconnected Tonga from the outside world.

1:11.9

The volcano erupted and almost immediately severed the only internet cable that connects

1:16.8

the archipelago of Tonga to the global internet.

1:20.8

That's Megan Tobin, a reporter for the website, Rest of World.

1:24.8

There is a cable that connects the nation to the wider worldwide web, and there's also

1:30.4

a cable inside the nation that connects a couple of island groups. Both of them were severed by

1:36.1

the eruption, and then the country spent about a week with no internet whatsoever.

1:44.1

On January 21st, Elon Musk tweeted, could people with no internet whatsoever.

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