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Pacific's undersea internet cables tangled up in geopolitical tensions
Nine To Noon
English - October 11, 2021 20:30 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Pacific Islands without high-speed internet - or any internet at all - are eager to be connected to the rest of the world, but geopolitical tensions threaten to derail planned infrastructural work. Much of the Pacific is linked by undersea internet cables, connecting either to Sydney, Guam or Hawaii, and while connections have increased in recent years, many countries still rely on a single cable or have none at all.