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Repair works to restore Internet speed will start on 25 March, says TM

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The restoration works requires concerted efforts of all consortium members, and is scheduled to begin on 25 March and is expected to be completed on 31 March 2016.

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The company also pointed out that the problem is due to a fault in the Asia Submarine Cable Express (ASE) system. However, the restorations works will be subjected to weather conditions.

Our consortium members have detected a fault on the Asia Submarine Cable Express (ASE) system off Singapore, which affected our Cahaya Malaysia submarine cable linking Malaysia to North Asia and the United States. ASE consists of 6 fiber pairs of which TM owns 2 fiber pairs, named as Cahaya Malaysia.

We wish to highlight that the restoration works will be subject to weather and sea conditions, identification of the actual location of the fault and the challenges ahead, working at great sea depths and pressure.

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In the meantime, users would still experience sluggish browsing speed, especially on websites hosted in the US, North Asia and Europe

During this period, Internet users may experience some degree of service degradation such as slow browsing and high latency while accessing international websites mainly hosted in the United States (US), North Asia and Europe.

Customers using Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) and other critical business applications linked to US, North Asia and Europe may also experience some level of service degradation.

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Users can also follow TM on Twitter and Facebook for real-time updates of the restoration works

[1 MARCH] If you were scrolling through the Internet before bed last night, you might have experienced problems logging into Facebook or loading your favourite webpages

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Turns out, there has been a disruption in the network due to unscheduled maintenance and restoration works in the international link, thus affecting the delivery of data links to and from Malaysia to the US and North Asia

TM replies to a customer's feedback on slow Internet last night, 29 February.

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TM also sent out several tweets in response to users' complaints, saying that users may experience some delays if they were trying to access US-hosted sites

However, there does not seem to be any connectivity problems when surfing with mobile data

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If you're still experiencing slow loading times:

After all, Malaysia has one of the slowest Internet speeds in the world:

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