EAC-C2C
EAC-C2C is a submarine telecommunications cable system interconnecting several countries in Asia, the Pacific, and the United States. It is a merger of the former EAC (East Asia Crossing) and C2C cable systems.[1] The merger occurred in 2007 by Asia Netcom, and the cable system is now owned/operated by Pacnet.[2]
The EAC portion of the cable system includes:
Landing points:
- Changi, Singapore
- Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong
- Qingdao, China (later extension)
- Bali, Taiwan
- Capepisa, The Philippines
- Taean, South Korea
- Shima, Japan
- Ajigaura, Hitachinaka, Ibaraki, Japan
Length: 19,500 kilometers
Capacity: 160 Gbit/s - upgradeable to 2.5 Tbit/s
Technology: DWDM (dense wavelength-division multiplex)
The C2C portion of the cable system comprises three rings:
- C2C North Ring
- C2C South Ring
- C2C Pacific Ring
The landing points on each ring are as follows:
C2C North Ring
- Chung Hom Kok, Southern District, Hong Kong
- Nasugbu, Batangas Province, Philippines
- Fangshan, Pingtung County, Taiwan
- Danshui District, New Taipei City, Taiwan
- Nanhui District, Shanghai, China
- Pusan, South Korea
- Shima, Mie Prefecture, Japan
- Chikura, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
C2C South Ring
- Hong Kong
- Nasugbu, Batangas Province, Philippines
- Vietnam
- Changi, Singapore
C2C Pacific Ring
- Emi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
- Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
- Hillsboro, Oregon, USA
- Redondo Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA
- Hawaii, USA
- Guam
- Los Angeles, California
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