It may not be as early as we hoped, but the date for the snail-paced Internet speed in Viet Nam to be fixed has been set, finally.

The submarine cable incident that has been slowing down your Internet connectivity since Thursday last week will be repaired by May 13, VNPT, Viet Nam’s leading telecom firm, said Friday.

An internet cable is seen at a server room in this picture illustration.

Internet speed for users in the Southeast Asian country will then be restored 100%, asserted Lam Quoc Cuong, director of VNPT-I, the international unit of VNPT.

The AAG (Asia – America Gateway) system encountered a problem, which had been earlier thought by many as yet another cable disruption, on April 23, and has since irked Internet users with snail-like speed, particularly when they access websites hosted overseas.

VNPT-I said a day after the incident was detected that it was caused by a leakage power, which had been identified on the section between the Vietnamese province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau and Hong Kong in the AAG system, which links Viet Nam and the U.S.

The tentative schedule for repairs had previously been reported as from May 6 to 11, according to VNPT-I.

Cuong said VNPT-I had contacted its partners shortly after the leakage was found so that the latter would dispatch ships to fix the issue. Viet Nam has also allowed these vessels to enter its exclusive economic zone and continental shelf to carry out the repairs, he added.

VNPT has deployed a back-up plan to ensure Internet quality for its subscribers, according to a company representative.

Other major Internet service providers in Viet Nam, namely Viettel and FPT, also took similar moves to protect customers’ rights.

The seemingly delicate AAG cable system is infamous for repeated ruptures.

Disruptions have occurred to the system four times on different sections since 2014, with one break hitting the cable in January this year.

(Source: tuoitrenews)