11:05 am today

Tech: Why the West is looking skyward for the internet

From Nine To Noon, 11:05 am today
a space shuttle is flying over the earth, space station over the horizon, view from space

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Technology commentator Juha Saarinen joins Kathryn to look at why an alternative to subsea internet cables is being considered by Western nations.

A huge amount of transactions go over the internet, including vital security information.

He'll look at the situation in Tonga, which is still suffering outages after a volcanic eruption and a government dispute with Starlink.

But could a move to greater reliance on internet satellite leave it vulnerable to attack in space?

Juha Saarinen is technology editor at interest.co.nz