AC-2
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Yellow / AC-2 | |
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Owners: Global Crossing/CenturyLink | |
Landing points | |
Total length | c. 6,400 km |
Topology | unknown |
Design capacity | 640 Gbit/s |
Currently lit capacity | 320 Gbit/s |
Technology | Fiber optics |
Date of first use | November 2000 |
Yellow / AC-2 (Atlantic Crossing 2) is a submarine telecommunications cable system linking the United States and the United Kingdom. The cable is wholly owned by CenturyLink (formerly Level 3 Communications) in the US following its acquisition of Global Crossing.[1] The original owners, which each owned two of the fibre pairs, gave this cable system different names, so it is known as both Yellow and AC-2. It has a capacity of 320 Gbit/s as of January 2007, upgradeable to 640 Gbit/s.
It has landing points in:
- Bellport/Brookhaven, New York, United States
- Bude, Cornwall, United Kingdom
References[]
- ^ "AC-2/Yellow". submarinenetworks. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- "Transoceanic Services". Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved January 16, 2007.
- "Level 3 International Connectivity" (PDF). Retrieved May 4, 2012.
Categories:
- Transatlantic communications cables
- Submarine communications cables in the North Atlantic Ocean
- Infrastructure completed in 2000
- United Kingdom–United States relations
- 2000 establishments in England
- 2000 establishments in New York (state)
- Telecommunications stubs