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Asia-Africa-Europe 1 undersea cable has problem again

The Asia-Africa-Europe 1 (AAE-1) undersea fiber optic cable had a problem on the S1H section on September 4, affecting Internet connection from Vietnam to Singapore.
Asia-Africa-Europe 1 undersea cable has problem again ảnh 1Illustrative image (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Asia-Africa-Europe 1 (AAE-1)undersea fiber optic cable had a problem on the S1H section on September 4,affecting Internet connection from Vietnam to Singapore.

International connections are also seeing congestion at peakhours, so users may experience slowness when accessing international websitesand applications such as Facebook, Youtube, Zoom and Tiktok.

Currently, the cause of the problem has not been determinedyet and there is no information about specific repair plans.

Domestic Internet service providers which exploit the AAE-1line are trying to adjust international bandwidth capacity to ensure servicesfor customers.

The AAE-1 is among important submarine cable systems ofVietnam alongside four others of the Asia-America Gateway (AAG), theAsia-Pacific Gateway (APG), the TGN-Intra Asia Cable System (TGN-IA), and theSouth-East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe 3 (SMW-3).

It has a total lengthof 23,000km stretching 19 countries and territories in Asia, Africa and Europe.

This is the second time the system has faced a problem in2021, with the first occurring on May 26 and recovering fully in mid-July./.

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