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How a volcano disconnected a country

Recode Daily

English - January 26, 2022 12:00 - 11 minutes - ★★★★ - 1.2K ratings
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Tonga was disconnected from the rest of the world earlier in January. Chris Stokel-Walker explains what it will take for the small, Pacific island nation to reconnect and why there’s no easy solution for preventing future blackouts.

Read Chris Stokel-Walker’s story: https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/01/18/1043790/tongas-volcano-internet-reconnected/
Today’s episode was produced by Taylor Maycan, engineered by Cristian Ayala and hosted by Adam Clark Estes. 
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Tonga was disconnected from the rest of the world earlier in January. Chris Stokel-Walker explains what it will take for the small, Pacific island nation to reconnect and why there’s no easy solution for preventing future blackouts.


Read Chris Stokel-Walker’s story: https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/01/18/1043790/tongas-volcano-internet-reconnected/

Today’s episode was produced by Taylor Maycan, engineered by Cristian Ayala and hosted by Adam Clark Estes. 

Support Recode Daily by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts

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