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    Single Point of Failure

    Friday, January 21st, 2005

    On January 14, 2005, the Intelsat 804 satellite suddenly lost its power source and began drifting helplessly in space. This satellite provided much, and in some cases all, of the communications lines for countries from Sri Lanka to Samoa.
    The effect of this sudden loss of service was particularly severe on Pacific island nations, because in [...]