VSNL Transpacific (cable system)

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VSNL Transpacific (previously TGN Transpacific) is a submarine telecommunications cable system transiting the Pacific ocean.

The cable system is constructed with one cable from Emi, Japan, to Hillsboro, Oregon, USA; one from Toyohashi, Japan, to Hillsboro; and one from Toyohashi to Guam. The cables between Japan and Hillsboro are each constructed with 8 fibre pairs per cable, which at construction could support up to 64 10 Gbit/s waves. The cable between Toyohashi and Guam is constructed with 8 fibre pairs, which at construction could support up to 96 10 Gbit/s waves.

It has landing points in:

• Emi, Japan
• Toyohashi, Japan
• Piti, Guam
• Hillsboro, USA (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.