Transatlantic Fiber Optic Cable Map

Fiber optic technology made transmitting massive quantities of information fast and cost effective.

Transatlantic fiber optic cable map.

The level of speed has only increased with time and now cables can transmit 160 terabits per second. After creating and maintaining the fiber atlantic map over the last few years it is now time to move on. Interactive submarine cable map of fiber optic submarine cable systems around the world. After mid century coaxial cable came into use with amplifiers.

States with the highest fiber optic penetration. On this page i collect links to maps of transatlantic cables. 1 to view reported fiber coverage in your area click on your state and zoom into your county. To be on this list a cable system should still be in service and should either connect europe and north america or major islands in between.

Asia africa europe 1 aae 1 asia pacific gateway apg asia submarine cable express ase cahaya malaysia. Asia america gateway aag cable system. At infrapedia i will be working alongside mehmet akcin and a team of engineers to bring you the best online telecommunications infrastructure map on the planet. Telegeography s free interactive submarine cable map is based on our authoritative global bandwidth research and depicts active and planned submarine cable systems and their landing stations.

Fiber atlantic will be joining forces with infrapedia. A map of the submarine telegraph in 1858 though the attempt only worked for three weeks. The first transatlantic telephone cables went into service in 1956 and 32 years later the first fiber optic cable connected europe and america. Fiber optic internet map.

Wikimedia commons modern cables are surprisingly thin considering how long they are and how deep they sink. Late in the century all used optical fiber and most now use optical amplifiers. Selecting a cable on the map projection or from the submarine cable list provides access to the cable s profile including the cable s name ready for service rfs date length owners website. Below you ll find a map of fiber availability in the us based on the latest data set released by the fcc ntia.