Under the Pacific Regional Connectivity Program, the ADB, the Government of Tonga, the Tonga Fibre Optic company and the World Bank joined forces to finance an 827-kilometer submarine fibre-optic cable system linking Tonga to Fiji via the Southern Cross Cable—the main trans-Pacific link between Australia and the United States. Thanks to this investment, highspeed broadband internet is transforming everything from health care, business and government services to education, disaster management, and the social life of Tongans. International connectivity costs have already fallen by more than 60% {OECD-WTO aid-for-trade monitoring exercise 2017, Public sector case story 97.