AAG submarine cable has another problem, international internet is affected
The AAG submarine cable suddenly had a problem this morning (June 17), affecting international internet users. This is the third time this year that this cable has had a problem.
Surprisingly, this morning, many users reported that the internet situation for international services such as Facebook, Google... is difficult to access. Up to this point, the situation has not improved.
According to information from a domestic telecommunications service provider (ISP), users are having difficulty accessing the internet due to the AAG submarine cable being broken again this morning.
Specifically, this ISP said that the AAG submarine cable operator center has just announced that all international channels via the AAG-S1H branch (VTU-BU4) have been lost and the cause has not yet been determined. However, this ISP also said that information from its partner said that it may be due to a suspected power leak that caused the loss of connection.
Currently, the cable line operation center is determining the location of the problem, the cause and planning repairs.
Previously, the AAG submarine cable operating center had carried out repairs on branch S1 from May 22 to June 3. During the repair of the AAG submarine cable branch S1, the international transmission traffic of users was not much affected because the route had been pre-routed.
It is known that AAG is a submarine optical cable system with a length of 20,000 km with a total investment cost of about 560 million USD, a design capacity of up to 2 Terabit/second, directly connecting Southeast Asia with the US. This optical cable line has been put into operation since 2009, passing through Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam (landing point in Vung Tau), Brunei, Hong Kong, Philippines and the US (Guam, Hawaii and California).
