At the same time, the three sea lanes IA, AAG and SMW3 are experiencing problems that experts have identified as very rare and cause difficulties for ISPs to ensure international Internet traffic for customers ( Image: Internet)

According to a representative of Internet Service Provider (ISP) in Vietnam, from this afternoon, 27/8/2017, all three international sea cable optical lines are Asia America Gateway (AAG), Lien Asia (IA) and SMW3 are experiencing problems, loss of traffic on the route, affecting Vietnam’s Internet connection to the international.

In particular, information from the ISPs said that two AAG and IA lines are experiencing problems with the direction of connecting Hong Kong. Experts have speculated that the problem with these cables is likely due to the impact of the Hong Kong hurricane.

Information from the VNPT network has been confirmed tonight is occurring problem of 700G AAG unplugged, not determined cause. At present, VNPT is investigating the cause and routing traffic rescue for customers.

Currently, Internet connection from Vietnam to the international, besides the mainland cable crossing the northern border, is currently based mainly on four main sea cable lines are IA, AAG, SMW3 and APG. In particular, IA, AAG landings in Vung Tau, while two SMW2 and APG landings in Da Nang, including Internet connection to Vietnam international.

According to experts, IA and AAG are still playing an important role, accounting for the proportion of Internet capacity of Vietnam connected to the international is quite large. The AAG cable line has a total length of 20,000 km and a design capacity of 2 terabits per second, which directly connects Southeast Asia to the United States. Launched in November 2009, the fiber optic cable service starts in Malaysia and terminates in the US, with landing sites in Mersing (Malaysia), Changi (Singapore), Sri Racha (Thailand). Tungku (Brunei), Vung Tau (Vietnam), Currimao (Philippines), South Lantau (Hong Kong), Guam (USA), Hawaii (USA). kilometer.

With the Asia-Pacific cable, this cable was put into operation in November 2009 with a total length of 6,800 km, connecting Singapore, Vietnam, the Philippines, Hong Kong and Japan. The system has a data transfer rate of up to 3.84Tbps, with a total initial investment of $ 200 million and an initial capacity of 320Gbps. Trans Asia sea cable system is considered to be an important optical fiber to transfer traffic to America and Europe to customers in Vietnam and the region.

Talking with ICTnews, an expert assessing the simultaneous operation of three sea cable routes will cause the ISPs will be very “tense”, it is difficult to ensure the capacity of Vietnam’s Internet connection internationally. However, the expert also said that the current time can not determine the AAG, IA and SMW3 sea cable lines are broken. Information about the incident with three AAG, IA and SMW 3 cable routes will continue to be updated by ICTnews.

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