Eastern Pacific Cable Database Page

Eastern Pacific Region

This page was last updated on 12 November 2009

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IN-SERVICE CABLES
NPS Pt Sur (Entered 29 November 2000, IRIS)	Scientific use Point Sur to Sur Ridge, 50 km retired US Navy acoustic cable Contact: Dr. Chris Miller, Naval Postgraduate School
ATOC-Pioneer (Entered 29 November 2000, IRIS)	Scientific use Pillar Point,CA to Pioneer Seamount Contact: Dr. Bruce Howe, University of Washington
ATOC-Kauai (Entered 29 November 2000, IRIS)	Scientific use Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii to offshore Contact: Dr. Bruce Howe, University of Washington
HAW-1 Hawaii - US Mainland No. 1 (Updated 16 October 2000 - Telstra)	Scientific use: 1990, In-Service 1957, Out-of-Service: 1989, Years of Service: 32 years Point Arena, California U.S.--Hanauma Bay, Oahu Hawaii U.S. 4,862 km at 144 + 144 KHz Maintenance Authority: AT&T
COMPAC Commonwealth Pacific Cable	Scientific use: 1990, In-Service 1963, Out-of-Service: 1984, Years of Service: 21 years Keawaula, Oahu, Hawaii U.S.A. -- Suva, Fiji. 15,248km at 240 + 240 KHz Maintenance Authorities: AT&T, Fintel
ANZCAN Australia-New Zealand-Canada (Updated 23 May 2002 - AT&T)	In-Service: 1984, Segment "D" Out-of-Service 4 Nov 1997 Segments "A" to "D" - Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada -- Keawaula, Hawaii -- Vatuooaqa, Fiji, -- Anson Bay, Norfolk Island -- Sydney, Australia - 1380 channel 14 MHz coaxial analogue 11,965 km Maintenance Authorities: Reach GNL, Teleglobe, FINTEL, AT&T Segment "E" - Norfolk Island -- Auckland, New Zealand - 480 channel 5 MHz coaxial analogue 1,358 km Maintenance Authorities: Reach GNL, TNZ
HAW-4 Hawaii - US Mainland No. 4 (Updated 30 May 2007 University of Hawaii)	Scientific Use: 2007, In-Service: 1989, Out of Service Feb 2004, Years of Service: 15 years Point Arena, California, U.S.A. -- Makaha, Oahu, Hawaii U.S.A. 4,238 km at 280 Mb/s Contact: Mr. Fred Duennebier ALOHA Cabled Observatory Maintenance Authority: University of Hawaii
QCC GEORGIA North & South (Updated 7 August 2000 - Teleglobe)	In-Service: Feb 1993 Qualicum Beach, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada -- Locarno Beach, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (GEORGIA NORTH) & Lulu Island, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada -- Cable Bay, Galiano Island, British Columbia, Canada -- Retreat Cove, Galiano Island, Canada -- Chemainus, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada (GEORGIA SOUTH) 168km 12fiber pair unrepeatered. Maintenance Authority: TCI
Focus Fiber Optic Communications Undersea System (Updated 25 April 2007 - US Navy)	In-Service: 1 November 1993 Pt. Mugu, California, USA -- San Nicholas Island, California, USA - 260km total length in 2 segments, point to point, unrepeatered system. Maintenance Authority: US Navy
HICS Hawaii Inter-Island Cable System	In Service: 20 July 1994 Lihue Terminal, Wailua Point, Kauai, Hawaii, U.S.A. -- Ko Olina Terminal, Kahe Point, Oahu, Hawaii, U.S.A. & Koko Head Terminal, Sandy Beach, Oahu, Hawaii, U.S.A. -- Kihei Terminal, Mokapu, Maui, Hawaii, U.S.A. -- Kawaihae Terminal, Spencer Beach, Hawaii, U.S.A. 479.081 km at 2.5 Gb/s/622 Mb/s Maintenance Authority: GTE Hawaiian Telephone Company
TPC-5 Trans-Pacific Cable No. 5 (Updated 23 May 2002 - AT&T)	In Service: Dec 1996 San Luis Obispo, California, U.S.A. -- Keawaula, Hawaii, U.S.A. -- Tumon Bay, Guam, U.S.A. -- Miyazaki, Japan -- Ninomiya, Japan -- Bandon, Oregon, U.S.A. -- San Luis Obispo, California, U.S.A. 24,593km at 2 x 5 Gb/s Maintenance Authorities:- AT&T, KDDI
HIFN Hawaii Island Fibre Network	In Service: June 1997 Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii, U.S.A. -- Makaha, Oahu, Hawaii, U.S.A. -- Keawaula, Oahu, Hawaii, U.S.A. -- Sandy Beach, Oahu, Hawaii, U.S.A. -- Kihei, Maui, Hawaii, U.S.A. -- Manele Bay, Lanai, Hawaii, U.S.A. -- Spencer Beach, Hawaii, U.S.A. 529 km at 2.5 Gb/s/622 Mb/s Maintenance Authority: GST
AUFS Alaska United Cable System (Updated 4 January 2003 - CGI)	In-Service: Feb 1999 Seattle, Washington, USA -- Juneau, Alaska, USA -- Whittier, Alaska, USA -- Valdez, Alaska, USA - 3,751 km at 4 x 2.5 Gb/s Further information : www.cableawareness.com Maintenance Authority: GCI
NORTHSTAR (Updated 8 June 2009 - ACS Communications Systems)	In-Service: Oct 1999 Nedonna Beach, Oregon, U.S.A. -- Branch Juneau, Alaska, U.S.A. -- Whittier, Alaska, USA -- Valdez, Alaska, USA - 3,352 km at 10 Gb/s. Maintenance Authority: ACS Communications Systems
PC1 Pacific Crossing 1 (Updated 10 May 2007 - Pacific Crossing)	In-Service: Dec 1999 – North Ring; Nov 2000 – South Ring Grover Beach, CA (US) - Harbor Pointe, WA (US) - Ajigaura (Japan) - Shima (Japan) 21,000 km at 4 x 20 Gb/s Maintenance Authority: Alcatel - Lucent
PAC (Updated 20 October 2000 - Global Crossing)	In Service: Nov 2000 Grover Beach, CA (US) - Tijuana (Mexico) - Mazatlán (Mexico) - Fort Amador (Panama) - Puerto Viejo (Venezuela) - St. Croix (USVI) 9,500km at 2 x 10 Gb/s Maintenance Authority: Global Crossing
Southern Cross Cable Network (Updated 25 October 2005 - SCCL)	In-Service: Nov 2000 Segment A: Alexandria, Sydney, Australia to Whenuapai, Auckland, New Zealand Segment B: Whenuapai, Auckland, New Zealand to Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand Segment C: Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand to Spencer Beach, Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands Segment D: Spencer Beach, Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands to Morro Bay, California, US Mainland Segment E: Morro Bay, California, US Mainland to Hillsboro, Oregon, US Mainland Segment F2: Hillsboro, Oregon, US Mainland to Nedonna Beach, Oregon, US Mainland Segment F1: Nedonna Beach, Oregon, US Mainland to Kahe Point, Ohau, Hawaiian Islands Segment G1: Kahe Point, Ohau, Hawaiian Islands to Suva, Fiji Segment G2: Suva, Fiji to Brookvale, North Sydney, Australia Segment H: Brookvale, North Sydney, Australia to Alexandria, Sydney, Australia In-Service: Feb 2001 Segment I: Spencer Beach, Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands to Kahe Point, Ohau, Hawaiian Islands Segments B, E, F2 and H are land based segments using terrestrial transmission technologies, remainder are submerged plant segments using submarine cable WDM technology. Segments A, C, G1, G2 and I operate at 40 Gbit/s per fibre pair on 2 fibre pairs. Segments D and F1 operate at 40 Gbit/s per fibre pair on 3 fibre pairs. One additional fibre pair on Segments A, C, D, F1, G1 and G2 was upgraded to 160Gbit/s operation in 2002. Capacity on the segments is divided into 3 SDH rings comprising: a) A North-South ring of Segments A, B, C, D, E, F2, F1, G1, G2 and H. b) A northern ring of Segments D, E, F2, F1 and I. c) A southern ring of Segments A, B, C, I, G1, G2 and H. Total cumulative length of the segments is approximately 30,500km. Maintenance Authority: Southern Cross Cables Limited (SCCL) through Singtel Optus, TNZ, Verizon, MCI and Fintel
Japan-US Cable (Updated 23 May 2002 - AT&T)	In-Service: 2000 The Japan-U.S. Cable Network consists of 9 segments connecting 3 landing points in the United States and 3 landing points in Japan with approximately 21,000km of 8 fiber submarine cable in a 100% self-healing ring configuration. The Network uses state-of-the-art SDH technology to provide an ultimate capacity better than 160Gbits/s per fiber pair for a minimum design capacity of 640Gbits/s. Maintenance Authorities: MCI-WorldCom, AT&T, KDDI, Japan Telecom, NTTWN
PAN AM (Pacific Segments) (Updated 27 November 2001, CANTV)	In-Service: November 2001 Panama City, Panama -- Punta Carnero, Ecuador -- Lurin, Peru -- Arica, Chile - 4,410 Km in the Pacific at 2,5 Gb/s (Upgradeable to 5 Gb/s) Maintenance Authorities: C&W Panama, Telefonica Del Peru, Entel Chile
China - US Cable Network (Updated 29 October 2002 - AT&T)	In-Service: Date to be confirmed. San Luis Obispo, Calif, USA -- Tanguisson Point, Guam -- Okinawa -- Shantou, China -- Fangshan, Taiwan -- Chongming, China -- Pusan, Korea -- Chikura, Japan -- Bandon, Oregon, USA - approx. 30,000 km at 4 x 20 Gb/s Maintenance Authorities: AT&T, Chunghwa Telecom International, CT, NTT, KT, KDDI
C2C (Updated 22 October 2002 - Singtel)	In-Service: December 2001 Chikura -- Shima -- Pusan -- Nanhui -- Tanshui -- Fangshan -- Nasugbu -- Chung Hom Kok -- Changi - 17,000 Km at 10 Gb/s x 96 w on 8 fibre pairs.. Maintenance Authority: C2C
SAm-1 (Updated 21 August 2008, Telefonica International Wholesale Services)	In-service: 2001 Festoon system of total length 24,624 km. Capacity: 10 G/bits. Boca Raton, Florida, United States - Isla Verde, Puerto Rico - Fortaleza, Brazil - Salvador, Brazil - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Santos, Brazil - Las Toninas, Argentina - Valparaíso, Chile - Arica, Chile - Lurin, Peru - Mancora, Peru - Puerto San Jose, Guatemala - Puerto Barrios, Guatemala - Salinas, Ecuador - Barranquilla, Colombia Maintenance Authority: Telefonica
VSNL Transpacific (Updated 17 November 2005, Tyco)	In-Service: December 2002 Ring system with a maximum capacity of 5.12 Tb/s. Seg 1 - Emi, Japan to Nedonna Beach, Oregon, USA 8338 km Seg 2 - Toyohashi, Japan to Piti, Guam 2741 km Seg 5 - Hermosa Beach, California, USA to Twin Rocks, Oregon, USA 2064 km Seg 6 - Toyohashi, Japan to Twin Rocks, Oregon, USA, 8652 km Maintenance Authority: VSNL
Alaska United Fiber System - West (AU-W) (Updated 3 March 2006, Alaska United Fiber System Partnership)	In-Service: June 2004 Restoral cable for the AU-E cable system. 3 fibre pair, 32 channels at 10 Gb/s capacity. Seward, Alaska to Warrenton, Oregon, USA with optional branch for future expansion, 2,483 km. AU-W is combined with AU-E to form a physically diverse ring system. Maintenance Authority: GCI
TPE (Trans Pacific Express) (Updated 10 November 2006 - Verizon Business)	In-Service: 2008 Branched optical system. China, Korea, Taiwan and the USA West Coast. 17,700 Km, 4 fibre pairs. Initial capacity: 1.28 Tb/s Maintenance Authorities: China Telecom, China Unicom, Chunghwa Telecom, Korea Telecom, Verizon Business, AT&T
Alaska - Oregon Network (AKORN) (Updated 8 June 2009, ACS Communications Systems)	In-Service: 1 March 2009 Point-to-point system of total length 2,808 km. Capacity: 10 G/bits. Homer, Alaska, USA - Florence, Oregon, USA Maintenance Authority: ACS Communications Systems
AAG Asia America Gateway (Updated 12 November 2009, Telstra)	In-Service: November 2009 Mersing, Malaysia -- Changi, Singapore -- Sri Racha, Thailand -- Tungku, Brunei -- Vung Tau, Vietnam -- Lantau, Hong Kong -- La Union, Philippines -- Tanguisson, Guam -- Keawaula, Hawaii -- San Luis Obispo, USA. 20,318 km 2 & 3 fibre pairs at 640 Gb/s. Maintenance Authorities: Telstra, AT&T, Telekom Malaysia, PLDT, StarHub, CAT Telecom, VNPT, Telbru
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ANZCAN "D"	Out-of-Service: retired Nov 1997, In-Service 1983, Years of Service: 14 years Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada -- Keawaula, Hawaii - 4,567 km Maintenance Authorities: Teleglobe, AT&T
COMPAC Commonwealth Pacific Cable	Out-of-Service: retired 1983, In-Service: 1963, Years of Service: 21 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada -- Port Alberni, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada -- Keawaula, Oahu, Hawaii USA -- Suva, Fiji -- Auckland, New Zealand -- Sydney, Australia - 15,248km at 240 + 240 KHz Maintenance Authorities: Teleglobe, Fintel, TNZ, Reach GNL
OAHU TIE Oahu Submarine Tie	Out-of-Service: retired April 87, 1964: 23 Years of Service Makaha, Oahu, Hawaii -- Hanauma Bay, Oahu, Hawaii - 91 km at 384 + 384 KHz Maintenance Authorities: AT&T, Hawaiian Tel. Co.
Washington - Alaska	Out-of-Service: retired 1977, In-Service 1956, Years of Service: 21 years Port Angeles, Washington, USA -- Ketchikan, Alaska - 2,776 km at 144 + 144 KHz Maintenance Authorities: AT&T
HAW-3 Hawaii - US Mainland No. 3 (Updated 24 October 2005 - AT&T)	Out-of-Service: retired June, 1993, In-Service 1974, Years of Service: 19 years. Scientific use from 1994 - 2005 San Luis Obispo, California U.S.--Makaha, Hawaii U.S. 4,406km at 2,160 + 2,160 KHz Maintenance Authorities: AT&T, Hawaiian Tel. Co.
HAW-4 Hawaii - US Mainland No. 4 (Updated 24 October 2005 - AT&T)	Out-of-Service: retired February 2004, In-Service: April 1989, Years of Service: 15 years Point Arena, California, U.S.A. -- Makaha, Oahu, Hawaii U.S.A. 4,238 km at 280 Mb/s Maintenance Authorities: AT&T, Hawaiian Telephone Company
HAW-5 Hawaii - US Mainland No. 5 (Updated 24 October 2005 - AT&T)	Out-of-Service: retired July 2004, In-Service: Jan 1993, Years of Service: 11 years San Luis Obispo, California U.S. -- Keawaula, Hawaii U.S. 4,775km at 560 Mb/s Maintenance Authority: AT&T
TPC-4 Trans-Pacific Cable No. 4 (Updated 24 October 2005 - AT&T)	Out-of-Service: retired July 2004, In-Service: Oct 1992, Years of Service 12 years Manchester, California U.S. -- Port Alberni, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada -- (Chikura, Japan) 9,843 km at 560 Mb/s Maintenance Authorities: AT&T, TCI, KDDI
NPC North Pacific Cable (Updated 3 November 2005 - Reach Global Networks)	Out of Service: Retired 2004, In-Service: May 1991, Years of Service: 13 years. Pacific City, Oregon U.S. -- (Miura, Japan): branch Oregon to Seward, Alaska. 9,531 km at 3 x 420 Mb/s, 1 x 420 Mb/s Maintenance Authority: PT Cable, Inc. (C&W IDC, C&W plc)
HAW-2 Hawaii - US Mainland No. 2 (Updated 12 October 2007 - IRIS)	Scientific use: 1996-2005, In-Service 1964, Out-of-Service: Feb,1992, Years of Service: 27 years San Luis Obispo, California U.S.--Makaha, Hawaii U.S. 4,413 km at 560 Mb Maintenance Authority: Iris Ocean Cable

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