The coast of Utqiagvik, in a residential area near the center. (Ravenna Koenig/Alaskas Energy Desk) It’s been a week since ice severed a fiber-optic cable in the Arctic Ocean, cutting communications to at least half a dozen communities in northwest Alaska. Many are still without Internet or cell service, and the cable company says it … Read more
Senegalese government started blocking various digital platforms including Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Telegram and YouTube in select areas on June 1. Days later, it extended the interruptions to the entire mobile network and to several television stations. Social networks were closed for two days. This was followed by a four day mobile internet shutdown. Given that … Read more
This week, residents of several communities in North Slope and Northwest Alaska experienced outages in their Internet and cellular service caused by a cut to their undersea fiber optic network. The cut could take up to two months to fix, and telecom service providers are looking for short-term solutions to get service back online. Quintillion, … Read more
