SAm-1 (cable system)

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SAm-1 (South America-1) is an optical submarine communications cable. It started operations in 2000, connecting the United States, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru and Guatemala. In 2007, SAm-1 was extended to reach Ecuador and Colombia.

It has landing points in:

• Boca Raton, Florida, United States
• Isla Verde, Puerto Rico
• Fortaleza, Ceará State, Brazil
• Salvador, Bahia State, Brazil
• Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
• Santos, São Paulo State, Brazil
• Las Toninas, Argentina
• Valparaíso, Chile
• Arica, Chile
• Lurin, Peru
• Mancora, Peru
• Puerto San Jose, Guatemala
• Puerto Barrios, Guatemala
• Salinas, Ecuador
• Barranquilla, Colombia

[edit] External links

• http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/International/Orders/2000/da001826.txt. Retrieved on July 25, 2006.
• http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/International/Orders/2000/da001826.doc. Retrieved on July 25, 2006.

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