Atlantic Crossing 1 Explained

Cable Name:	AC-1
Map:	AC-1-route.png
Owners:	Tyco / Level 3 Communications
Technology:	Fiber optics
Design Capacity:	40 Gbit/s
Current Capacity:	120 Gbit/s
Length:	14,000 km
Topology:	unknown

Atlantic Crossing 1 (AC-1) is an optical submarine telecommunications cable system linking the United States and three European countries. It transports speech and data traffic between the U.S., the U.K., the Netherlands and Germany.^[1] It is one of several transatlantic communications cables. It was operated by American company Level 3 Communications and Irish company Tyco International, until their respective mergers in 2017 and 2016 with other companies.

It has landing points in:

1. Brookhaven Cable Station, Shirley, New York, United States
2. Land's End Cable Station, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
3. Westerland Cable Station, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
4. KPN Telecom cable station, Beverwijk, Netherlands

External links

• Web site: ATLANTIC CROSSING (AC-1) CABLE SYSTEM EXPANDS INTO THE NETHERLANDS . February 5, 2006 .
• Global Crossing Press Release
• Global Crossing Completes Upgrade on Trans-Atlantic Route
• VSNL Int. Map (Flash only)

Notes and References

1. News: Staff writer . Staff writer . VS Wijst Knelpunten Nederland Aan . nl . . https://web.archive.org/web/20120930072322/http://www.rtl.nl/(/actueel/rtlnieuws/binnenland/)/components/actueel/rtlnieuws/2010/12_december/06/binnenland/haven-rotterdam-van-belang-voor-vs.xml . 2012-09-30 . 16 December 2010.