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itstime
  5/8/2015 02:08 EST

Was wondering if anybody else has had a lot of problems connecting to internet here in Vietnam. Was just able to get in here but may not be able to post this message. A cable in the ocean was cut if I got it right but nobody can tell how long they think it could last. Does anybody know? Have not been able to get or send msgs. at all on yahoo, if I get in at all it takes forever and disconnect shortly after connection. Please let me know if anybody knows anything.

Jvdairlie
  5/8/2015 02:55 EST

You are not alone! Internet cable between Vietnam and Hong Kong has been broken for about a week. Scheduled to be repaired fully on 10 May. This is I think the 3rd time it has been broken in the last 12 months, each break taking about 10 to 12 days to fix.

Most ISP companies in VN use this cable. Some have a backup plan which allows their clients to use the internet as per normal. Viettel have such a plan and their users have pretty much normal access and speed - my local internet cafe uses Viettel and I can get normal connect and speed through them. My home ISP is a company called SPT and they have not much in the way of backup plan so they are next to useless until the repair is completed.

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itstime
  5/8/2015 03:11 EST

Thanks a lot for that info, the info was not good news but now I know and I am not blaming the messenger. So 2 more days, at least now I have an idea of when to expect normal service back.
Thanks again.

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