On March 30, 2009 The ship arrived with a underwater fiber optic cable that has been put on the bottom of the sea the whole way from Hawaii via American Samoa and finally to Independent Samoa. This will open up the possibility for fast internet not only in Apia as it is now, also to the rest of both Upolu and Savaii.

For years we have been struggling with the slow dial up connection, preventing us from watching videos online or communicate with family and friends and be able to see their face at the same time. We just hope that nobody made a knot on the line or that the shark did not take a bite of it. I am sure that we no longer need the WWW anymore which, I believe stands for WORLD WIDE WAITING.

Although the cable has arrived to Samoa, it doesn’t really mean that we will have fast internet tomorrow. You might have heard about the “Samoan Time”. I guess that we are suffering from SWW (SAMOA WIDE WAITING).

Anyway, lets hope for the best.  Read More about the Cable project