COLUMBUS III

COLUMBUS III is a 9900 Km transatlantic telephone cable. It has 90 repeaters. In service since 1999, it is owned by over 30 carriers. It transfers 20 Gbit/s on each of the 2 fibre pairs.

It has landing points in:

#Hollywood, Florida, USA
#Ponta Delgada, Azores Islands, Portugal
#Lisbon, Portugal
#Conil, Spain
#Mazara del Vallo, Sicily, Italy

References

* [http://www.iscpc.org/cabledb/Atlantic_Cable_db.htm ICPC Cable database]
* [http://www.vsnlinternational.com/map/ VSNL Map] (Flash only)