UK-Belgium 5
UK-Belgium 5was asubmarine communications cablelinking theUnited KingdomandBelgium.It was the first international undersea cable system to useoptical fibresrather thancoaxial cable.[1]
The cable was laid in 1986. It was owned by a consortium which includedBritish Telecom.The cable was manufactured byStandard Telephones and Cables.It runs betweenBroadstairsin the UK andOstendin Belgium, and has a total length of 122.6 kilometres (76.2 mi).
The cable had 3 repeaters and had 3 pairs of optic fibres, each operating at 280 Mbit/s giving a total capacity of 11,520 x 64 kbit/s circuits.[2]
UK-Belgium 5 was withdrawn from service in January 2005.[3]
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References[edit]
- ^"First Submarine Fiber Optic Cable",Optica (society),retrieved28 January2024
- ^Shannon, Ray D (July 1986). "UK -Belgium No 5".British Telecommunications Engineering.5(2): 138.ISSN0262-401X.
- ^"History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications",Atlantic-Cable,retrieved28 January2024
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