Atlantic_Crossing_1 References

AC-1
AC-1
	Owners:; Tyco / Level 3 Communications
	Landing points 1. Shirley, New York (Brookhaven Cable Stn.); 2. Whitesand Bay, Cornwall, England (Land's End Cable Stn.); 3. Westerland, Schleswig-Holstein; 4. Beverwijk (KPN Telecom Cable Stn.);
Total length	14,000 km
Topology	unknown
Design capacity	40 Gbit/s
Currently lit capacity	120 Gbit/s
Technology	Fiber optics
Date of first use	1999

Atlantic Crossing 1 (AC-1) is an optical submarine telecommunications cable system linking the United States and three European countries. It transports speech and data traffic between the U.S., the U.K., the Netherlands and Germany.^[1] It is one of several transatlantic communications cables. It was operated by American company Level 3 Communications and Irish company Tyco International, until their respective mergers in 2017 and 2016 with other companies.

References

^ Staff writer. "VS Wijst Knelpunten Nederland Aan". RTL Nieuws (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2012-09-30. Retrieved 16 December 2010.

v t e Transatlantic communications cables
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Private non-TAT	AC-1 AC-2 AEC-1 Apollo Columbus III FLAG Atlantic Gemini Google Dunant Grace Hopper Greenland Connect Hibernia Atlantic Hibernia Express MAREA TGN Atlantic
Other	SAT-2 SAT-3/WASC/SAFE Atlantis-2 EllaLink SAex SACS SAIL

AC-1

Owners: Tyco / Level 3 Communications
Landing points 1. Shirley, New York (Brookhaven Cable Stn.) 2. Whitesand Bay, Cornwall, England (Land's End Cable Stn.) 3. Westerland, Schleswig-Holstein 4. Beverwijk (KPN Telecom Cable Stn.)
Total length	14,000 km
Topology	unknown
Design capacity	40 Gbit/s
Currently lit capacity	120 Gbit/s
Technology	Fiber optics
Date of first use	1999 (1999)