There is a schedule to fix the problem on the S6 branch of the APG submarine cable line
In the year 2022 and the first month of the new year 2023, 4/5 international undersea fiber optic cable routes exploited by Vietnamese carriers, including AAG, APG, AAE-1 and IA (also known as Lien A cable) have been operated, respectively. crash. In which, two routes APG and AAG lose all capacity. The AAE-1 route lost capacity on the connection direction to Hong Kong (China), and the Pan-Asia cable route lost its connection to Singapore.
Jobs from the end of December 2022 have 3 lines and from January 30, 2023 until now, 4 undersea cable lines are at fault, which has been affecting connection traffic from Vietnam to international, making it difficult for network operators to ensure quality. international Internet services to users.
Commenting that up to 4 undersea cable routes have problems is a rather rare situation, in a recent exchange with VietNamNet, a representative of the Vietnam Internet Association said that Vietnamese Internet users can sympathize with the operators. network, about the next few weeks the Internet quality will not be as usual.
At the end of January 2023, when there was a problem with the Lien A undersea cable route, the two major carriers, VNPT and Viettel, both confirmed that they were urgently working with international undersea cable management units to quickly quickly handle problems on undersea cable lines.
In sharing with VietNamNet On the evening of February 3, a representative of an Internet service provider (ISP) in Vietnam said that the APG cable management unit had informed the network operators about the expected plan to repair and overcome the problem. on branch S6 connecting to Hong Kong, China of this cable line.
Specifically, the S6 branch of the APG cable route will be repaired from March 23, 2023 to March 27, 2023. Experts believe that, after one of the two cable directions of the APG route is repaired, the pressure on international connection traffic will be partly reduced.
Meanwhile, up to now, with 3 undersea cable routes also being faulty, namely AAG, AAE-1 and Lien A, operators have not yet received notice of the repair and troubleshooting schedule.
With a length of about 10,400 km, the APG cable route has been officially put into operation since December 2016. The cable is located under the Pacific Ocean, with connection points in China, Hong Kong (China), Taiwan (China), Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
APG has the investment participation of Vietnamese carriers including VNPT, Viettel, FPT, and CMC and is considered an international undersea fiber optic cable route, contributing to bringing a stable transmission line with a larger capacity for Internet users in Vietnam. Vietnam.
Recently, the APG undersea fiber optic cable has encountered many problems, causing service interruptions on the route. The two most recent incidents occurred on December 26, 2022 and January 21, 2023, respectively. Specifically, at 4 am on December 26, 2022, the APG cable had a problem on the S6 segment connecting to Hong Kong (China). Then, on the morning of January 21, the 30th of the Lunar New Year 2023, APG marine cable has a problem on branch S9, about 151 km from SEA docking station. These two incidents have caused the loss of all capacity on the APG cable.
