In mid-July, the AAG submarine cable was repaired.

The AAG submarine cable suddenly had a problem on June 16, affecting international internet users. This is the third time this year that this cable has had a problem. Up to now, half a month has passed, this situation has also affected internet traffic of users using international services.

AAG submarine cable

However, according to the latest information from the submarine cable operation center, the repair will take place on July 6 to ensure consumer rights.

Specifically, the AAG submarine cable operation center said that the incident occurred on the S1H branch cable (Vung Tau - Brunei segment) at a location about 64.3km from the Vung Tau landing station. Repairs will begin on the morning of July 6, 2018, and are expected to be completed on the morning of July 11, 2018. This is consistent with the assessment on the day of the incident on June 16, when according to a domestic ISP, all international channels via the AAG-S1H branch (VTU-BU4) were lost and the cause has not yet been determined. However, this ISP also said that information from its partner said that it was suspected that a power leak caused the loss of connection.

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 United States (Guam, Hawaii and California).