Faulty undersea cable slows internet speed in Vietnam again
The Asia Pacific Gateway (APG) undersea cable, which connects nine countries and territories in the region, is facing problems with its S3 branch, about 427km from China.
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The fault was detected at 4pm on July 26, the Internet Service Provider (ISP) said on July 27. It is not clear how long it will take for the cable to be fixed.
Last year, the country’s undersea internet cable was disrupted four times. This year there have been two disruptions, with the first in April lasting 10 days.
The APG cable, officially launched in December 2016, is capable of providing bandwidths of up to 54 tbps (terabits per second). It runs 10,400km under the Pacific Ocean, linking Japan with China, Hong Kong (China), Taiwan (China), Malaysia, Singapore, the Republic of Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam.
The cable has the investment participation of Vietnamese telecommunication companies like the State-run Vietnam Telecommunications Group, the military-run Viettel, and two private groups FPT Telecom and CMC Telecom.
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The Asia Pacific Gateway (APG) undersea cable, which connects eight countries and territories in the region, is facing problems with its S1.7 section, about 910km from Southeast Asia.
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Illustrative image. (Photo: VNA) 
