internet infrastructure

the growing threat to the hidden network of cables that power the internet

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It was the first days of 2022, after a massive volcanic eruption, when Tonga fell into darkness. The underwater eruption – 1,000 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima – sent tsunami waves across the nearby archipelago of Tonga, blanketing the island’s white coral sands in ash. The force of the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai eruption … Read more

How Boot Camps Are Helping Close the Historic Internet Access Gap on U.S. Tribal Lands

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There’s an orange-walled home theater with plush lounge chairs atop a steep hill on Matthew Rantanen’s Southern California ranch. But on a recent afternoon, people weren’t flocking to the room to watch a movie or escape the blazing heat; they were shining a beam of light through more than 55,000 feet (17 kilometers) of fiber-optic … Read more