Stories from the Solomon Islands – Christina Kuper
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Self driven re‑entry into IT uses APNIC online courses and self‑learning to rebuild skills and run training; earlier remote workshops for unemployed youth repeatedly drop participants after about five minutes because of poor provincial links. The new Coral Sea cable creates a low‑latency domestic trunk that lets a week‑old call with a western province run uninterrupted, enables government participation in WHO meetings during the pandemic, and replaces expensive analog calls that once cost 3 CHF per minute.
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