Is there still a VDC Internet monopoly?

Hi everybody,

Le mardi 02 décembre 2003 à 11h23 (+0000), Stefan Probst écrivait :
> Unfortunately, VDC through its close relation with the P&T has a nearly
> monopoly status in Vietnam when it comes to telecoms, including the
> Internet.

FYI, it doesn't seems like that anymore...

Previously, FPT had to go *through* VDC, so they have a link to VDC.
But, since the end of the VDC monopoly, FPT also has direct connexions
to Hong Kong, Singapour and others, and the VDC link is not used any
more (what a pity, since one have to go through Hong Kong to get from
FPT to VDC, but that's another story: peering deals to establish).

So, right now, I think FPT (and others) is independant from VDC.
Also, they both depend on VNNIC (www.vnnic.net.vn) for furnishing IP
address blocks from APNIC (www.apnic.net) and DNS delegation (even
reverse one), and VTI (www.vti.com.vn) for the international links.

We, at AuF, just cancel our VDC leased-line connexion for some reasons
(main are: price, filtering, and modifications without informing first)
to go with an FPT connexion instead. We had a few little problem with FPT
due to their default policy (they filter their customers to protect them)
but nothing that couldn't be resolved quickly until now (they opened
filters as we asked).

I'm not pro-FPT or others, I just compare ISP services as a network
specialist. FPT also seem to have some network drawback comparing to
VDC, but I still have to investigate before saying anything on this.

Best Regards,
--
J.C. "プログフ" ANDRÉ <jean-christophe.andre@auf.org> http://www.vn.refer.org/
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