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SteinNebraska

They JUST fixed it.  I noticed things slowed down again.  My VPN was only 1MBS today.  Disconnecting that got me back up to 50MBS.

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cruisemonkey

Some Vietnamese people believe a shark keeps biting it... and foreign advocates of conspiracy theories believe the ISPs are 'throttling' it to spy on them. Personally, I think Capt. Nguyen keeps dropping his anchor on it.  ;)

THIGV

Doesn't the normal reroute for internet traffic when the cable is broken run through Hong Kong.  Given the current upheavals there, it seems possible to me that the Chinese government could be throttling down that route too.

Jlgarbutt

I beleive there are five cables used for Vietnam, butbit appears two of the biggest are broken or facing intermittant issues.

Jlgarbutt

Depends on whidh server you connect to to run a speed test
I would take speed results with ainch of salt

Ping or latency for me seems quite high
But still get 90mbs download and 65mbs upload... which would seem like fibre to the door speeds in the west. Who cares its working..  last bight was pig slow and frustrating

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