TAT-14
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| TAT-14 | |
|---|---|
| (Map not currently available) | |
| Owner(s) | Carriers consortium |
| Landing points | Blaabjerg (Denmark),
Norden (Germany), |
| Total length | 15,428 km |
| Topology | Self-healing ring |
| Designy capacity | 640 Gbit/s |
| Currently lit capacity | 640 Gbit/s |
| Technology | Fiber optics with EDFA repeaters |
| Date of first use | March 21, 2001 |
| Decommissioning date | Unknown |
TAT-14 is the 14th consortia transatlantic telephone cable system. In operation from 2001 it utilises wavelength division multiplexing to carry 64 x STM-64 protected circuits between the USA and the United Kingdom, France, The Netherlands. Germany and Denmark in a ring topology.
By the time this cable went into operation, the expected long boom (term coined by Wired magazine) was already ending in the dot-com death. The overinvestment in transcontinental optical fiber capacity led to a financial crisis in private cable operators like Global Crossing.
[edit] Cable Failure
In November 2003, TAT-14 suffered two breaks within weeks of each other. This resulted in disruption to Internet services in the United Kingdom.
[edit] External links
- Cable Failure Hits UK Internet Traffic - Article by ZDNet on the failure
