COLUMBUS III

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COLUMBUS III is a 9900 Km transatlantic telephone cable. It has 90 repeaters. In service since 1999, it is owned by over 30 carriers. It transfers 20 Gbit/s on each of the 2 fibre pairs.

It has landing points in:

  1. Hollywood, Florida, USA
  2. Ponta Delgada, Azores Islands, Portugal
  3. Lisbon, Portugal
  4. Conil, Spain
  5. Mazara del Vallo, Sicily, Italy

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