Atlantic Crossing 1

AC-1
Owners: Tyco / Level 3 Communications
Landing points 1. Shirley, New York (Brookhaven Cable Stn.) 2. Whitesand Bay, UK (Land's End Cable Stn.) 3. Westerland, Sylt, Germany 4. Beverwijk, Netherlands (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 USA 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 has landing points in:

1. Brookhaven Cable Station in Shirley, New York, United States
2. Land's End Cable Station in Whitesand Bay, UK
3. Westerland Cable Station on Sylt, Germany
4. KPN Telecom cable station, Beverwijk, Netherlands

References

1. Staff writer. "VS Wijst Knelpunten Nederland Aan". RTL Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 16 December 2010.

External links

• "ATLANTIC CROSSING (AC-1) CABLE SYSTEM EXPANDS INTO THE NETHERLANDS". Retrieved February 5, 2006.
• Global Crossing Press Release
• Global Crossing Completes Upgrade on Trans-Atlantic Route
• VSNL Int. Map (Flash only)