Eastern Pacific Region
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
HAW-2
Hawaii - US Mainland No. 2
(Updated 16 October 2000 - Telstra) Scientific use: 1994, 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
Maintenance Authority: Iris Ocean Cable
HAW-3
Hawaii - US Mainland No. 3
(Updated 16 October 2000 - Telstra) Scientific use: 1994, In-Service 1974, Out-of-Service: 30 June, 1993, Years of Service: 19 years
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.
ANZCAN
Australia-New Zealand-Canada
(Updated 16 October 2000 - Telstra)
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, Concert
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 16 October 2000 - Telstra) In-Service: 18 April 1989
Point Arena, California, U.S.A. -- Makaha, Oahu, Hawaii U.S.A. 4,238 km at 280 Mb/s
Maintenance Authorities: Concert, Hawaiian Telephone Company
NPC
North Pacific Cable In-Service: May 1991
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)
TPC-4
Trans-Pacific Cable No. 4(Updated 16 October 2000 - Telstra) In-Service: Oct 1992
Manchester, California U.S. -- Port Alberni, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada -- (Chikura, Japan) 9,843 km at 560 Mb/s
Maintenance Authorities: Concert, TCI, KDDI
HAW-5
Hawaii - US Mainland No. 5
(Updated 16 October 2000 - Telstra) In-Service: Jan 1993
San Luis Obispo, California U.S. -- Keawaula, Hawaii U.S. 4,775km at 560 Mb/s
Maintenance Authority: Concert
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
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 16 October 2000 - Telstra) 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:- Concert, 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 16 October 2000 - Telstra)
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
Maintenance Authorities: GCI, Concert
NORTHSTAR
(Updated 16 October 2000 - Telstra)
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 6 x 2.5 Gb/s
Maintenance Authority: WCI Cable
PC1
(Updated 20 October 2000 - Global 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: Global Crossing
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 26 February 2001 - 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 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 D: 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 3 fibre pairs. Segments D and F1 operate at 40 Gbit/s per fibre pair on 4 fibre pairs. Each fibre pair is capable of being upgraded to 160Gbit/s.
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 CW Optus, TNZ, Verizon, Worldcom and Fintel
Japan-US Cable
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, Concert, 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
PLANNED CABLES
China - US Cable Network(Updated 16 October 2000 - Telstra) Under Construction: RFS Dec 1998
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: Concert, ITDC, CT, NTT, KT, KDDI
Tyco Transpacific
(Entered 10 April 2001, Tyco)
Planned RFS: June 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 3 - Agat, Guam to Lualualei, Hawaii, USA 6604 km
Seg 4 - Kahe Point, Hawaii, USA to Hermosa Beach, California, USA 4445 km
Seg 5 - Hermosa Beach, California, USA to Twin Rocks, Oregon, USA 2064 km
Maintenance Authority: Tyco
OUT OF SERVICE CABLES
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