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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With solid promise of “much faster internet connectivity” from now on, the American Samoa spur connecting to the Hawaiki submarine fiber optic cable went live yesterday, during the official launching ceremony where Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga dismissed one critic, who...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With the “ASTCA/Hawaiki” banner in the background, members of the Malaeloa Methodist Youth group performed, during the April 21 ceremony marking the official landing in American Samoa of the Hawaiki undersea fiber optic cable, which is now officially set for launching...

![At yesterday’s official launching of the long awaited Hawaiki fiber optic cable, American Samoa TeleCommunications Authority (ASTCA) dancers on stage, point to the screen, as the countdown reached Number 1, with the cable system turned on, or officially commissioned, before 10:30a.m. The launch event,where Fagafaga Daniel Langkilde was Master of Ceremonies (next to stage) was held at the ASCC Multi-Purpose Building auditorium. [photo: FS] countdown clock](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/hawaiki_count_down.jpg?itok=j-r38DJl)
![[photo: FS] With the “ASTCA/Hawaiki” banner in the background, members of the Malaeloa Methodist Youth group perform](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/hawaiki_launch.jpg?itok=AYpoarO6)