Japan-US (cable system)

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Japan-US (or Japan-US Cable Network - JUSCN or JUCN or J-US or JUS) is a submarine telecommunications cable system in the North Pacific Ocean linking the USA and Japan.

It has landing points in:

• Shima, Mie Prefecture, Japan
• Maruyama, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
• Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
• Mākaha, Oahu, Hawaii, USA
• Point Arena, Manchester, Mendocino County, California, USA
• Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA

It has a design transmission capacity of 640 Gbit/s, starting operation at 80 Gbit/s and a total cable length of 21,000 km. It started operation in August 2001.

[edit] See also

• Point Arena Cable Station. Retrieved on February 15, 2006.
• http://www.privateline.com/cablestation/. Retrieved on February 15, 2006.

[edit] Sources

• http://www.wave-report.com/tutorials/jaus.htm. Retrieved on February 15, 2006.
• http://www.alcatel.com/submarine/refs/cibles/pacn/japanus.htm. Retrieved on February 15, 2006.
• http://www.wave-report.com/archives/2001/01390102.htm. Retrieved on February 15, 2006.
• http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/International/Orders/1999/fcc99167.pdf. Retrieved on February 15, 2006.