AC-2
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| Yellow / AC-2 | |
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| Owners: Lumen | |
| Landing points | |
| Total length | c.6,400 km |
| Topology | unknown |
| Design capacity | 640 Gbit/s |
| Currently lit capacity | 320 Gbit/s |
| Technology | Fiber optics |
| Date of first use | November 2000 |
Yellow/AC-2(Atlantic Crossing 2) is asubmarine telecommunications cable systemlinking the United States and the United Kingdom. The cable is wholly owned byLumen(formerlyLevel 3 Communications) in the US following its acquisition ofGlobal Crossing.[1]The original owners, which each owned two of the fibre pairs, gave this cable system different names, so it is known as bothYellow(after the Beatles songYellow Submarine) andAC-2.It has a capacity of 320 Gbit/s as of January 2007, upgradeable to 640 Gbit/s.
It haslanding pointsin:
- Bellport/Brookhaven,New York,United States
- Bude,Cornwall,United Kingdom
References
[edit]- ^"AC-2/Yellow".submarinenetworks.Retrieved27 April2021.
- "Transoceanic Services".Archived fromthe originalon September 28, 2007.RetrievedJanuary 16,2007.
- "Level 3 International Connectivity"(PDF).RetrievedMay 4,2012.
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