VietNamNet Bridge – The international Internet cable system was broken at two sites in Trang Dinh, Lang Son province and Mong Cai (Quang Ninh), affecting FPT, EVN Telecom and Viettel’s Internet services.

The incident started at 8.45am, September 26, hindering Internet subscribers of the three above Internet service providers from accessing important websites like Google, Yahoo and some news sites. Email contact and transactions related to overseas hosting stations were also broken.

FPT was hit hardest by the incident. A representative of FPT Telecom said the two cable systems running through Lang Son and Quang Ninh are important ones. When the incident occurred, data exchanges were re-routed to preventive systems, causing jams.

FPT Telecom is cooperating with other service providers like EVN Telecom, Viettel and VNPT to temporarily solve the problem. EVN Telecom has temporarily given a 622 Mbps cable to replace the broken lines.

Since this cable was put into operation at 11.15am, FPT subscribers have been able to make international connections, but at a low speed.

The second broken cable is being mended and the repair is scheduled to be completed today, September 26.

Hai Linh