Atlantica-1 (cable system)

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Atlantica-1
Map of cable route
Owner(s)	Brasil Telecom
Landing points	See main article.
Total length	22500 km
Topology
Design capacity
Currently lit capacity
Technology	Fiber optics
Date of first use	2001
Decommissioning date	Unknown

Atlantica-1 (also known as "GlobeNet" and "360americas") is a submarine telecommunications cable system linking the USA, Bermuda, Venezuela, and Brazil. It has a design capacity of 1.28 Tbit/s carried over four fibre pairs; or 640 Gbit/s of fully restorable capacity. Initial restorable capacity was 20 Gbit/s. The cable was initially laid and named by GlobeNet. GlobeNet was subsequently acquired by 360networks who renamed the cable system to "360americas". 360networks has undergone Chapter 11 bankruptcy and severe restructuring. Brasil Telecom bought the cable system in 2003.

The cable system has landing points in:

1. Tuckerton, New Jersey, USA
2. Boca Raton, Florida, USA
3. St David's, Bermuda
4. Punta Gorda, Venezuela
5. Fortaleza, Brazil
6. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Note that the segment between Bermuda and New Jersey is built from a previously laid cable system, BUS-1.

[edit] Sources

• Alcatel Cable Profiles - Atlantica-1
• FCC Cable Landing License. Retrieved on January 16, 2007.
• Brasil Telecom S.A. Material Fact "Aquisição dos Ativos de Globenet" 12 June 2003. Retrieved on January 16, 2007.