On this morning of December 26, 2022, the APG submarine cable route continued to have problems. Meanwhile, two submarine cable routes that had problems before, AAG and AAE-1, have not been fixed yet.
Asia Pacific Gateway (APG), Asia America Gateway (AAG) and AAE-1 (Asia – Africa – Euro 1) are 3 out of 5 international undersea fiber optic cable routes that account for most of the Internet connection capacity from Vietnam to international. , along with 2 other routes including SMW3 (also known as SEA – ME – WE3) and Lien A (IA – Intra Asia).
This is the 4th time in 2022, the APG cable route is in April, July and September and December respectively. The most recent problem in mid-September 2022 on the S9 branch connecting to Singapore was repaired on 14/05. 11. This time APG crashes on the S6 segment near HongKong (China). Currently, users in Vietnam have not been informed by the network operator as well as the cable management units about the cause as well as the plan to handle and fix this problem.
The APG undersea fiber optic cable route is invested by 4 Vietnamese carriers including VNPT, Viettel, FPT Telecom, and CMC Telecom and is considered as a cable line that contributes to bringing a stable transmission line with a larger capacity for Internet users in Vietnam. Vietnam.
The APG cable has been officially put into operation since mid-December 2016. With a length of about 10,400 km, APG is located underground in the Pacific Ocean, with the ability to provide a maximum bandwidth of up to 54 Tbps. This cable route has connection points in China, Hong Kong (China), Taiwan (China), Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
With APG continuing to have problems, at the moment, there are 3 undersea cable lines with the same fault. Specifically, in addition to the error on the APG route, there are two other undersea cable routes, AAG and AAE-1, that have had problems before and have not been fixed yet.
In the near future, the Internet abroad may be slow at peak hours when there is a lot of access like in the evening. It is still unknown when it will be fixed. So for the time being Internet speed upyou can use VPN to go to Hong Kong, Singapore to use priority transmission.
