New York Post By Thomas Barrabi 1/21/2022
Tech billionaire Elon Musk offered to provide Starlink internet to the nation of Tonga on Thursday after a massive underwater volcanic eruption and subsequent tsunami knocked service offline this week.
Musk’s offer of aid followed a report that it could take a month or longer to fully restore internet connectivity to Tonga and its roughly 105,000 residents. The natural disaster damaged Tonga’s lone undersea communications cable.
“Could people from Tonga let us know if it is important for SpaceX to send over Starlink terminals?” Musk tweeted.
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