ARCOS

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The Americas Region Caribbean Optical-Ring System (ARCOS) is an underwater fiber optics ring network connecting several countries in the Caribbean Sea. It was built by New World Network, and is one of the most important network connections to the Internet for Caribbean countries.

Contents 1 Participant countries 2 Facts 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Participant countries

• USA
• Bahamas
• Turks & Caicos
• Dominican Republic
• Puerto Rico
• Curaçao
• Venezuela
• Colombia
• Panama
• Costa Rica
• Nicaragua
• Honduras
• Guatemala
• Belize
• Mexico

[edit] Facts

• Network type: Fully redundant ring
• Technologies: DWDM and SDH
• Total length: 8600 km
• Maximum speed: 960 Gbit/s
• Current speed: 15 Gbit/s
• Average latency: <50 ms

[edit] See also

• Antilles Crossing

[edit] External links

• Official website