Amid AAG maintenance, PLDT assures customers of continued internet connectivity

Local telco giant PLDT today shared that it assures PLDT and Smart customers of continued internet connectivity in spite of the emergency maintenance activities of the Asia-America Gateway (AAG) submarine cable system, one of the company's international cable systems.

PLDT assures customers of continued internet connectivity

Continued internet connectivity amid AAG maintenance

In a statement, PLDT said that it has identified alternative cable systems to keep its connectivity resilient. The local telco also adopted measures such as traffic rerouting and local caching to ensure that the most frequently downloaded content is located in the Philippines.

Because of this, students can still do their online studies and exams, and users in homes and businesses can go about their normal internet-based activities.

This is a part of PLDT's guarantee that they will provide measures to minimize the effect on its subscribers.

The scheduled maintenance was moved from 8 AM of September 25 to 5 AM of September 30, 2020, to 9 AM of September 26 to 5 AM of September 30.

Source: PLDT