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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