KUALA LUMPUR, SEP 5: A strong typhoon in Hong Kong has damaged four main cables connecting Southeast Asia to America, further disrupting the internet speed in Malaysia, reported ASTRO AWANI.
According to a technology site, the affected cables – ASE (Asia Submarine-cable Express), Asia-American Gateway (AAG), TGA-Intra Asia (TGA-IA), and SEA-ME-WE3 (SMW3) – will take roughly six weeks to be repaired.
It stated that it is difficult to repair submarine cables as the work depends on a ship’s availability, weather and work-permit.
The 7200 km ASE submarine cable is owned by Telekom Malaysia, Starhub Singapore, NTT Japan and PLDT Philippines.
Telekom Malaysia is also a part of the consortium that owns AAG.
A local media reported that telco companies were uncontactable due to the public holidays however Telekom Malaysia, through its Twitter account, stated that it is aware of the issue and will try to fix it.
Meanwhile, according to PLDT’s twitter account, users will experience slow internet speed especially during peak hours however traffic have been shifted to reduce the impact.
4 damaged undersea cables disrupt internet speed
