The operator of the Asia America Gateway cable has announced that repairs will be completed on January 23.
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Viettel said earlier this week that the undersea cable, which was ruptured on January 5, would take three weeks to a month to patch-up.
Though no reason has been given for the cause of the break, some have speculated that sharks, mistaking the cable for a school of fish, were to blame.
FPT Telecom general director, Nguyen Van Khoa has previously faulted the poor design quality of the notoriously unreliable, 20,000km, $560 million cable:
“I must say that the AAG cable system was built to a below-standard technical design, which is the major reason behind its frequent fractures,” he told Tuoi Tre last September.
Since the break occurred, access to websites outside of Vietnam has been a painful exercise.
