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Title makes it seem like Vietnam is in an internet blackout. Not the case apparently, they're still connected and are fine.
by brink 4y ago
Title makes it seem like Vietnam is in an internet blackout. Not the case apparently, they're still connected and are fine.
- ninesnines 4y agoBut what are the implications of this internet cable being down? Will there be a slowing of internet? Is there an easy fix?
- toast0 4y agoBased on a different article[1] and the submarine cable map [2][3][4]... Asia Africa Europe 1 (AAE-1) is currently broken between Vietnam and Hong Kong, but presumable is functional from Vietnam to the rest of the cable that travels west (landings in much of southern asia and a couple points in southern Europe). Intra Asia (IA) is broken between Vietnam and Singapore, but it also lands in Hong Kong and the Philipines. SMW3 lands in a lot of places, but is reported to be obsolete. So, it seems Vietnam no longer has a direct fiber connection to Singapore, and has reduced capacity to Hong Kong. There will likely be some slowdown as Hong Kong and Singapore are both popular locations for data centers. There's not really an easy fix. Traffic will flow over alternate paths, but repair boats need to go out and locate the ends of the broken cables, bring them up to the surface, splice them back together, and then let them sink again. Terrestrial cabling tends not to get damaged by ships, and is a lot easier to locate for repairs, but it's hard to run it over mountains and through forests, and you can't run a terrestrial cable from Vietnam to Singapore or the United States. [1] https://en.vietnamplus.vn/internet-slows-as-four-out-of-five-submarine-cables-suffer-disruptions-in-unprecedented-incident/247650.vnp https://en.vietnamplus.vn/internet-slows-as-four-out-of-five... [2] https://www.submarinecablemap.com/submarine-cable/asia-africa-europe-1-aae-1 https://www.submarinecablemap.com/submarine-cable/asia-afric... [3] https://www.submarinecablemap.com/submarine-cable/tata-tgn-intra-asia-tgn-ia https://www.submarinecablemap.com/submarine-cable/tata-tgn-i... [4] https://www.submarinecablemap.com/submarine-cable/seamewe-3 https://www.submarinecablemap.com/submarine-cable/seamewe-3
- themoonisachees 4y agoHow do ships damage the cable to begin with?
- ElectricalUnion 4y agoDragging nets thru the ocean floor. Throwing anchor.
- wongarsu 4y agoOr maybe more accurately: they are not fine and have a lot of problems with their undersea cables, but assure us that losing this specific cable didn't make it any worse than it already is.