It will take at least a week to repair the broken Asia-America Gateway(AAG) undersea cable which connects Vietnam with other countries forInternet access, according to Nguyen Hong Hai, deputy director of theVietnam Datacommunication Company (VDC).
He said therepair could take up to two weeks depending on the weather conditionsand procedures that allow AAG's cable-wielding ship into the waterswhere the cut-cable lies. After soldering the cut in the cable,technicians have to check the whole system to make sure it will work, soit will take time for Internet communications to work normally, headded.
The cable system was found cut 278 kilometresoff the coast of Vung Tau city on December 20, on the line from Vietnamto Hong Kong. Consequently, communication services such as emails andvideo calls from Vietnam to foreign places are facing congestionproblems. However, Internet operations within the country have not beenaffected.
Hai said the cable may have been cut by aship's anchor or as a result of geological tremors. He noted that thebroken cable had affected approximately 40 percent of the company'sinternational Internet capacity. VDC has currently restored about 60percent of the affected capacity.
Meanwhile, FPTTelecom general director Nguyen Van Khoa said about 27 to 31 percent ofits foreign Internet capacity has been affected, and the company hasbeen using landline cables, instead of the AAG cable, for itsoperations.
The AAG cable, with a total length of20,000 kilometres, was put in operation in November 2009. It connectsthe Southeast Asian region directly to the United States, and inVietnam, it lies on the Vung Tau coast.
The cablewas cut earlier too, in 2011 and 2012. The last incident occurred onAugust 13, 2012, in the same location, and it took about two weeks tofix it.-VNA
He said therepair could take up to two weeks depending on the weather conditionsand procedures that allow AAG's cable-wielding ship into the waterswhere the cut-cable lies. After soldering the cut in the cable,technicians have to check the whole system to make sure it will work, soit will take time for Internet communications to work normally, headded.
The cable system was found cut 278 kilometresoff the coast of Vung Tau city on December 20, on the line from Vietnamto Hong Kong. Consequently, communication services such as emails andvideo calls from Vietnam to foreign places are facing congestionproblems. However, Internet operations within the country have not beenaffected.
Hai said the cable may have been cut by aship's anchor or as a result of geological tremors. He noted that thebroken cable had affected approximately 40 percent of the company'sinternational Internet capacity. VDC has currently restored about 60percent of the affected capacity.
Meanwhile, FPTTelecom general director Nguyen Van Khoa said about 27 to 31 percent ofits foreign Internet capacity has been affected, and the company hasbeen using landline cables, instead of the AAG cable, for itsoperations.
The AAG cable, with a total length of20,000 kilometres, was put in operation in November 2009. It connectsthe Southeast Asian region directly to the United States, and inVietnam, it lies on the Vung Tau coast.
The cablewas cut earlier too, in 2011 and 2012. The last incident occurred onAugust 13, 2012, in the same location, and it took about two weeks tofix it.-VNA
