[HanoiLUG] Re: big Internet slowdown...

[David Favro]

Is this getting better?  I am still seeing long latency and high packet loss between VN and USA.  But honestly, that performance has never been great, so I am not sure if we're degraded or back to the usual crappy baseline.

Interesting information on the damaged cables here: http://www.convergedigest.com/Bandwidth/newnetworksarticle.asp?ID=20266

Some interesting graphs here: http://www.internettrafficreport.com/asia.htm

I have read several reports that it will will be late January or early February before all cables are repaired.

I assume that VN-to-VN performance is not degraded?  If not, perhaps caching-proxy could improve the situation -- VoIP, email, etc. cannot benefit, but most web-sites are relatively static.  It could be done on a national, ISP, or local-network basis -- whatever the configuration, we're all sharing the same few pipes, and it's a pity to waste them on unnecessary re-transfers of static data (how many times does the "welcome-signin" page of Yahoo Mail get loaded every day in internet shops all over the country?).

-- David F.

chairuou wrote:
> You can see the diagram of connections on VNNIC site.