After breaking again due to Typhoon Nida, Saigoneer is reporting that repair works have begun on the broken section of the AAG Cable (Asia-America Gateway Cable System) and will be completed by the 21st August 2016.

Great news but considering the cable has broken twice as much this year compared to the same time period last year, many will be wondering when the Telecom companies will develop other options. Although undersea internet cables can be the size of a garden hose, the AAG cable cost $500 million USD and was funded by 19 partners all over Asia and America.

So with that in mind, most of Vietnam is eagerly yet patiently awaiting the new launch of 3 new internet cables. The first one being the Asia Pacific Gateway (APG) cable which Zing report will bring an additional 54 terabytes of data, far greater in comparison to AAG cable data bandwidth of 2.88 terabytes.

Until the new APG cable comes online next year, we just hope that there will be few more ruptures to the AAG cable from typhoons… or hungry sharks.