TPC-5CN (cable system)

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TPC-5CN or Trans-Pacific Cable 5 Cable Network is a submarine telecommunications cable system linking Japan, Guam, Hawaii and mainland USA.

It has landing points in:

• Ninomiya, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
• Bandon, Coos County, Oregon, USA
• San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
• Keawaula/Yokohama Beach, Wai'anae, Honolulu County, Oahu, Hawaii, USA
• Tumon Bay, Tumon, Tamuning, Guam
• Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan

It has a transmission capacity of 5 Gbit/s, and a total cable length of 22,500 km. It started operation on 31 December 1996.

[edit] External links

• AT&T Keawaula Cable Terminal Station, Waianae, Island of Oahu, Hawaii. Retrieved on February 12, 2006.

[edit] Sources

• http://www.kddi.com/english/corporate/news_release/archive/kdd/press-e96/027.html. Retrieved on February 11, 2006.
• http://www.apricot.net/apricot97/apII/Presentations/KDDSubmarineFiber/sld017.htm. Retrieved on February 11, 2006.
• http://www.nec.co.jp/press/en/0103/0801-02.html. Retrieved on February 11, 2006.