You may be wondering why “PLDT” has been trending for hours today (still at the top trending spot on Twitter as of this writing)? It can be attributed to this post on the company’s social media account:
The social media post will redirect to a PLDT.com article containing the following assurance from the telco:
The Asia-America Gateway (AAG) is a 20,000-kilometer submarine cable that connects Southeast Asia with the United States of America across the Pacific Ocean, bypassing Guam and Hawaii. Among the owners (companies who funded the development) of this submarine communications cable system is no less than the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (now known as PLDT, Inc. or simply PLDT).
The telecom giant, operating PLDT Home and Smart Communications, assured its client base that Internet services will remain operational during the course of the submarine cable emergency maintenance.
It may also be worth to note that aside from the AAG, PLDT is also connected to the following underwater communications cable systems:
Based on publicly available data, PLDT is currently part-owner of the following submarine communication cable systems:
- APCN-2 connected via the Batangas Cable Landing Station
- EAC-C2C connected via the Cavite Cable Landing Station
- AAG connected via the La Union Cable Landing Station
- ASE connected via the Daet Cable Landing Station
- JUPITER connected via the Daet Cable Landing Station
If you are a PLDT subscriber, I guess you don’t need to worry that much. All your ISP needs to do is to re-route Internet traffic away from the submarine communication cable system that will be under maintenance. Of course, Internet users from this ISP may experience some lag as cyberspace traffic may form some sort of bottleneck across the remaining gateways.
SKY Fiber Also Affected by AAG Maintenance
According to a social media post by SKYCable tonight, they, too will be affected by the emergency maintenance activities to be performed by AAG.
Converge ICT Not Affected by AAG Maintenance
On the other hand, Converge ICT said on their social media that the AAG cable maintenance will not have any impact on their operations.
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