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Vietnam's internet seriously affected as three cables break
  • | dtinews.vn | August 28, 2017 11:31 AM
Three of four undersea internet cables in Vietnam have broken, severely affecting overseas internet connections.


  

Three of four undersea internet cables in Vietnam have broken

The AAG, IA and SMW3 all broke on August 27. The AAG and IA broke near Hong Kong and the damaged section of the SMW3 hasn't been located. The cause of the damage is unclear. The local internet providers have to direct traffic to the land cables, however, it may be overloaded and connections will be affected.

The AAG and IA are the most important out of the four undersea cables but also often damaged. The AAG breaks at least once or twice a year and this is the third time it broke this year. The IA also broke in January and March.

The AAG is a 20,000-kilometre-long submarine communications cable system that links South East Asia directly with the US and was put into use in 2009. It transfers over 60% of total international data going to and from Vietnam.

The 6,800km-long IA cable was also put into use in 2009 to connect Vietnam, Singapore, Philippines, Hong Kong and Japan. The 39,000km-long SMW3 links the South East Asia, Middle East and the West of Europe.

As three cables break at the same time, the internet connection to the US, Europe and Asia will all be affected.

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