NPC (cable system)
NPC (North Pacific Cable) is a submarine telecommunications cable system in the North Pacific Ocean linking the United States and Japan.
It has landing points in:
- Miura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
- Pacific City, Tillamook County, Oregon, United States
- Seward, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States (branch @ 420 Mbit/s)
It has a transmission capacity of 1,260 Mbit/s, and a total cable length of 5,200 miles (~8,400 km). The cable also included a spur to Alaska. The cable started operation in May 1991 and ceased operating in 2004.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "Cable Data". International Cable Protection Committee.
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