假如你身处东南亚区域，今日可能是个差劲的日子。因为为东南亚提供网络服务的要害海底电缆控制电缆开裂，导致这一区域网速下降至“蜗牛般的速度”。这或许可以解释为何今日许多人的网速如此之
慢，包括这篇文章作者。

Saigoneer网站援引越南报导称，衔接东南亚和北美的高宽带海底光纤电缆体系Asia-America Gateway，在香港与越南之间某处发作开裂。越南FPT电信(FPT Telecom)一名高官已经向当地媒体证明此消息，如今还不清楚事端原因。

There’s bad news if you’re in Southeast Asia today after a key cable responsible for providing internet to the region broke, sending browsing speeds plummeting to a snail’s pace.

The news at least explains why the internet has been so lousy for many people today, including this author — so we can put those conspiracy theories on hold for another day.

Saigoneer.com cites Vietnamese reports that claim an Asia-America Gateway (AAG) cable has been breached somewhere between Hong Kong and Vietnam. An executive from FPT Telecom confirmed the incident to local media, although it isn’t clear how this happened.

Yes, irony of ironies, the Saigoneer post itself is loading intermittently for me such is the disruption caused with ISPs here in Bangkok, Thailand. (Even my VPN is having issues loading on this spotty connection.)


      如此重要的光纤电缆出现故障。令相关区域受到极大的影响，生活、工作受到非常大的限制，民众苦不堪言。希望此次电缆断裂问题可以快速查清并解决。同时更高质量更高速度的光纤光缆也成为需求的对象、新的议论话题。

      值得注意的是，受到影响地区的人们纷纷希望能够尽快回归正常。但就目前来看，此次海底电缆断裂的原因并未查清，同时也还没有修复较新海底电缆断裂问题的时间表，目前已知的唯一有效办法就是增设多条海底电缆作为备份连接。（远洋控制电缆）