High speed internet

Member of Parliament for the Niuas, Vatau Hui commissioned the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Satellite Project on the island Wednesday.

Niuatoputapu is now connected to much faster internet connection and emergency communications through a satellite type dubbed as VSAT (very small aperture terminal).

The newly installed VSAT at the Government’s Representative office, offers free and high-speed internet connection to the people of Niuatoputapu for the next 10 months with a speed of 20 megabit per second (20mbps).

The fibre optic cable, a branch of the system running from the United States to New Zealand, landed via the vessel Responder which was anchored offshore laying the cable to the Fogagogo landing station.

Speaking at the cable landing ceremony on Saturday, Hawaiki CEO Remi Galasso said it would provide strategic infrastructure for American Samoa and make it one of the most connected territories in the Pacific.