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GuestPoster678

Is anyone having problems getting outside of Vietnam on the internet currently. No matter what browser I use it says it can not reach the intended server. But When I go inside Vietnam I have no problem. Speed test is quite slow also.

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SimCityAT

But you can get Expat.com?

THIGV

What's to say that Expat.com doesn't have a local server?  Alternatively, he could be gaining access via the land route from China.

1312j

Yeah the cable is botched again. Fifth time this year

senwl

Internet hiccups in Vietnam as newly repaired undersea cable disrupted again  :mad:
(source: VN Express Intl. - 07/11/2017)

eodmatt

It's all the fault of Chinese saboteurs.

Apparently.

Allegedly.

Usually.

Presumably.

I pay for the most expensive broadband package and to be honest the internet in Afghanistan is better than the internet where I live (D9, very close to D2).

dudumomo

This happens frequently.
I'm using VNPT now, and I'm very dissatisfied. But no choice in my building. (Vinhomes Central Park). They have a kind of exclusive contract...

It was better before with Viettel and FPT.
Of course it depends the package too. Either basic or more pro/SMB type of package with guaranteed bandwidth. (Like 50M for 600k VND per month or so offers a 1M guaranteed international bandwidth)

But then, it is still pretty slow ;(

eodmatt

dudumomo wrote:

This happens frequently.
I'm using VNPT now, and I'm very dissatisfied. But no choice in my building. (Vinhomes Central Park). They have a kind of exclusive contract...

It was better before with Viettel and FPT.
Of course it depends the package too. Either basic or more pro/SMB type of package with guaranteed bandwidth. (Like 50M for 600k VND per month or so offers a 1M guaranteed international bandwidth)

But then, it is still pretty slow ;(


And it's probably bullshit, if you measured the speed of it.

THIGV

If you can access this it should tell you how fast (or slow  :mad: ) you are:

http://beta.speedtest.net/

Note that it measures in Mbps.  I don't have the conversion but MBps is different.

JaxHong

Do you have result after test with speed test?
Maybe you can consider with option using 3G or 4G with the sim DATA only. If need more help feel free contact me!

dudumomo

eodmatt wrote:
dudumomo wrote:

This happens frequently.
I'm using VNPT now, and I'm very dissatisfied. But no choice in my building. (Vinhomes Central Park). They have a kind of exclusive contract...

It was better before with Viettel and FPT.
Of course it depends the package too. Either basic or more pro/SMB type of package with guaranteed bandwidth. (Like 50M for 600k VND per month or so offers a 1M guaranteed international bandwidth)

But then, it is still pretty slow ;(


And it's probably bullshit, if you measured the speed of it.


Yes, when an issue happen with the cable, your internet still sucks ;)

GuestPoster678

Well for a bit it seemed they had the sea cable plugged back into the socket. I could reach the USA for awhile. But the thing is probably like the darn electrical sockets here. You have to wiggle it to get it just right. What quality you can get for millions of bucks. I wish I could count the number of times that thing has been broken. But I am back to nothing again now.