Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
This is a list of international submarine communications cables. It does not include domestic cable systems , such as those on the coastlines of Japan , Italy , and Brazil . All the cable systems listed below have landing points in two or more countries.
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 ]
The list includes figures for both fixed wired broadband subscriptions and mobile cellular subscriptions: [6] Fixed-broadband access refers to high-speed fixed (wired) access to the public Internet at downstream speeds equal to, or greater than, 256 kbit/s.
It expects each State to issue a national cybersecurity strategy (which includes cable protection), and report issues to the European level. [47] In addition, by January 17, 2026, Member States should have drawn a list of critical entities for each recognized sector, and build up a national strategy for critical infrastructure protection.
FLAG provided a link between the European end of high-density transatlantic crossings and the Asian end of the transpacific crossings. [5] FLAG includes undersea cable segments, and two terrestrial crossings. The segments can be either direct point-to-point links, or multi-point links, which are attained through branching units.
All cables presently in service use fiber optic technology. Many cables terminate in Newfoundland and Ireland, which lie on the great circle route from London, UK to New York City, US. There has been a succession of newer transatlantic cable systems. All recent systems have used fiber optic transmission, and a self-healing ring topology.
A fiber optic company that previously was blocked from laying down cables in Columbia has now been told to stop working in another Midlands community after causing utility damage this week.
Wireless public municipal broadband networks avoid unreliable hub and spoke distribution models and use mesh networking instead. [4] This method involves relaying radio signals throughout the whole city via a series of access points or radio transmitters, each of which is connected to at least two other transmitters.