ARCOS-1
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The Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) is a fiber optic submarine communications cable of 8,400 kilometers that extends between the United States, the Bahamas, the Turks and Caicos Islands, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Curacao, Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, and Mexico. Because of its length, it was divided in two phases: Phase 1 being in service since September 2001 and Phase II since March 2002. The cable system was set in a ring configuration and is operated on a non-common carrier basis.
[edit] Carriers (incomplete)
- New World Network (NWN)
- Telecomunicaciones Ultramarinas de Puerto Rico (TUPR or ULTRACOM)
[edit] Landing points
- Hollywood, Florida, U.S.
- Cancún, Mexico
- Isla de Cozumel, Mexico
- Belize City, Belize
- Puerto Barrios, Guatemala
- Puerto Cortez, Honduras
- Trujillo, Honduras
- Puerto Lempira, Honduras
- Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua
- Bluefields, Nicaragua
- Limón, Costa Rica
- Colón, Panama
- Mulatos, Colombia
- Barranquilla, Colombia
- El Cabo de la Vela, Colombia
- Punto Fijo, Venezuela
- Willemstad, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles
- San Juan, Puerto Rico
- El Macao, Dominican Republic
- Nagua, Dominican Republic
- Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands
- Acklins, Bahamas
- Cockburn Town, Bahamas
- Nassau, Bahamas
[edit] External links
- New World Cable - ARCOS network
- ARCOS-1 Cable Landing License as adopted by the Federal Communications Commission.
- ARCOS-1 Transfer of Control (PDF) as adopted by the Federal Communications Commission.
