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By Josh Sims The residents of the Pacific Kingdom of Tonga probably have better things to do right now than streaming the latest box set. Earlier this month a catastrophic volcanic eruption, equivalent to six million tons of TNT and visible from space, disintegrated one of its thankfully uninhabited islands. It created a sonic boom loud enough to circle the planet twice, and sent an ash cloud 19 miles into the stratosphere. If they did, however, they’d likely find that the internet service that connects Tonga to the rest of the world has been interrupted. But not because some satellite was out…