VSNL Transatlantic (cable system)

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VSNL Transatlantic (previously TGN Transatlantic) is a submarine telecommunications cable system transiting the Atlantic ocean.

The cable system is constructed from two separate cables routed slightly differently, but both cables terminate in the same locality at each end. Each cable is is constructed with 4 fibre pairs per cable, and each fibre pair supports 64 10Gb/s waves at construction, allowing for a total lit capacity (at construction) of 2 cables x 4 fibre pairs x 64 10 Gbit/s waves = 5,120 Gbit/s.

It has landing points in:

• Wall Township, New Jersey, USA (two cable landing points)
• Highbridge, Somerset, United Kingdom (two cable landing points)

[edit] Sources

• http://www.vsnlinternational.com/map/ (Flash only). Retrieved on November 22, 2006.
• Tyco Telecommunications, Network Services on the Tyco Global Network – TGN, Presentation to LISHEP, February 17, 2004, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Retrieved on November 22, 2006.