Asia-America Gateway Internet cable suffers break

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Asia-America Gateway Internet cable suffers break
(UPDATED) Reports say the break in the Asia-America Gateway occurred somewhere between Hong Kong and Vietnam

MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – Southeast Asian Internet users may experience slowdowns or intermittent connectivity over the next few weeks as a result of a submarine cable break.

Network performance monitors Renesys noted a break in the Asia-America Gateway (AAG) cable between September 15 and 16. Internet speeds in Vietnam plummeted as a result of the break.


The Next Web adds that reports from Vietnamese sources pointed to the cable breach being “somewhere between Hong Kong and Vietnam.”

There is no immediate indication as of yet as to what other regions in Southeast Asia will be greatly impacted by the break.

In a September 23 statement, PLDT spokesman Ramon Isberto said PLDT users should not be affected by the cable break. “There is indeed a cable break in AAG (near HK) but we (PLDT) are not affected since we have no live traffic traversing this path (whether internet, voice or data traffic),” he noted.

The Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT), which has a stake in the AAG, has previously said that it is working on doubling the international bandwidth capacity of the Asia-America Gateway. Rappler.com

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Victor Barreiro Jr is part of Rappler's Central Desk. An avid patron of role-playing games and science fiction and fantasy shows, he also yearns to do good in the world, and hopes his work with Rappler helps to increase the good that's out there.