The Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) is a fiber optic submarine communications cable of 8,400 kilometers that extends between the United States, the Bahamas, the Turks and Caicos Islands, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Curaçao, Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, and Mexico. Because of its length, it was divided in two phases: Phase 1 being in service since September 2001 and Phase II since March 2002. The cable system was set in a ring configuration and is operated on a non-common carrier basis.
Carriers (incomplete)
edit- Columbus Networks (Formerly- New World Network)
- Telecomunicaciones Ultramarinas de Puerto Rico (TUPR or ULTRACOM)
Landing points
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- North Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.
- Cancún, Mexico
- Tulum, Mexico
- Ladyville, Belize
- Puerto Barrios, Guatemala
- Puerto Cortés, Honduras
- Trujillo, Honduras
- Puerto Lempira, Honduras
- Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua
- Bluefields, Nicaragua
- Puerto Limón, Costa Rica
- María Chiquita, Panama
- Ustupo, Panama
- Cartagena, Colombia
- Riohacha, Colombia
- Punto Fijo, Venezuela
- Willemstad, Curaçao
- San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
- Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
- Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands
- Crooked Island, Bahamas
- Cat Island, Bahamas
- Nassau, Bahamas
See also
editExternal links
edit- Official website
- ARCOS-1 Cable Landing License as adopted by the Federal Communications Commission
- ARCOS-1 Transfer of Control (PDF) as adopted by the Federal Communications Commission
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