Internet slows in Vietnam as undersea cables encounter problems
Three international undersea cable lines that make up the majority of Internet connection capacity from Vietnam to the world have encountered problems, resulting in sluggish Internet speed across the country, according to operators.
Hanoi (VNA) – Threeinternational undersea cable lines that make up the majority of Internetconnection capacity from Vietnam to the world have encountered problems,resulting in sluggish Internet speed across the country, according to operators.
A network operator said that an error had beendetected on Intra Asia (IA) cable line and the problem is expected to besettled by the end of this month.
Theincident has added to Vietnam's recent internet woes. Two other underseacables, the Asia Pacific Gateway (APG) and Asia America Gateway (AAG), alsoexperienced problemss and are being repaired. Themending for the AAG is expected to be completed by mid-March.
International connection inVietnam relies on multiple submarine cable systems, namely the APG, AAG, IA,SMW3, and Asia-Africa-Europe 1 (AAE-1), according to the Vietnam InternetAssociation.
The APG cable, officially launched in December 2016, is capab♊leof providing bandwidths of up to 54 Tbps (Terabit per second). It runs foraround 10,400 km, with connection points inꦬ mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan,Japan, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
The 6,800km IA cable, which transfers data between Vietnam and and Europe, North America and South America, began operations in November 2009. With a length of 20,191 km, the AAG route connects SoutheastAsia with the US./.
Repairs to the Asia Africa Europe 1 (AAE-1) undersea fiber optic cable will be delayed to July 1 and expected to complete six days later, according to the managing board of the cable.
International internet traffic and speed in Vietnam have been back to normal after repairing work on the Asia America Gateway (AAG) undersea cable was completed.
The Asia-Africa-Europe 1 (AAE-1) undersea fiber optic cable had a problem on the S1H section on September 4, affecting Internet connection from Vietnam to Singapore.
The Asia Pacific Gateway (APG) undersea cable, which connects eight countries and territories in the region, is facing problems with its S3 section, causing a loss of 250G of internet connection capacity from Vietnam to Japan and the US, an internet service provider has announced.
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