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==Private cable routes== There are a number of private non-TAT cables. {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Cable name ! Ready for service ! Cable length (km) ! Nominal capacity ! Latency (ms) ! Landing points ! Owner |- | [[Gemini (submarine communications cable)|Gemini]] (decommissioned) | May 1998 | | | under 100 ms | north: [[Charlestown, Rhode Island|Charlestown]], [[United States|US]]-[[Rhode Island|RI]]; [[Oxwich Bay]], [[United Kingdom|GB]]-[[Wales|WLS]]; south: [[Manasquan, New Jersey|Manasquan]], [[United States|US]]-[[New Jersey|NJ]]; [[Porthcurno]], [[United Kingdom|GB]]-[[England|ENG]] | [[Vodafone]] (originally [[Cable & Wireless Worldwide|Cable & Wireless]]) |- | [[AC-1 (cable system)|AC-1]] | May 1998 | 14,301 km | 120 Gbit/s | 65 ms<ref name="telegraph1"/> | [[Brookhaven, New York|Brookhaven]], [[United States|US]]-[[New York (state)|NY]]; [[Whitesands Bay]], [[United Kingdom|GB]]-[[England|ENG]]; [[Beverwijk]], [[Netherlands|NL]]-[[North Holland|NH]]; [[Sylt]], [[Germany|DE]]-[[Schleswig-Holstein|SH]] | [[Lumen Technologies]] (originally Global Crossing) |- | [[Columbus III]] | December 1999 | 9,833 km | | | [[Hollywood, Florida|Hollywood]], [[United States|US]]-[[Florida|FL]]; [[Ponta Delgada]] ([[Azores]]), [[Portugal|PT]]; [[Carcavelos]], [[Portugal|PT]]; [[Conil de la Frontera]], [[Spain|ES]]-[[Andalusia|AN]]; [[Mazara del Vallo]] ([[Sicily]]), [[Italy|IT]] | various telecom operators |- | [[Yellow (cable system)|Yellow/AC-2]] | September 2000 | 7,001 km | 640 Gbit/s | under 100 ms | [[Bellport, New York|Bellport]], [[United States|US]]-[[New York (state)|NY]]; [[Bude]], [[United Kingdom|GB]]-[[England|ENG]] | [[Lumen Technologies]] |- | [[Hibernia Atlantic]] | April 2001 | 12,200 km | 320 Gbit/s, upgraded to 10.16 Tbit/s<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=180473|title=Hibernia Offers Cross-Atlantic 40G|publisher=Light Reading|date=August 13, 2009}}</ref> | 59 ms<ref name="telegraph1"/> | [[Lynn, Massachusetts|Lynn]], [[United States|US]]-[[Massachusetts|MA]]; [[Herring Cove, Nova Scotia|Herring Cove]], [[Canada|CA]]-[[Nova Scotia|NS]]; [[Dublin]], [[Ireland|IE]]-[[Leinster|L]]; [[Southport]], [[United Kingdom|GB]]-[[England|ENG]]; [[Coleraine]], [[United Kingdom|GB]]-[[Northern Ireland|NIR]] | [[GTT Communications, Inc.]] (originally [[Hibernia Networks]]) |- | [[Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe|FLAG Atlantic]] | June 2001 | 14,500 km | | under 100 ms | [[Island Park, New York|Island Park]], [[United States|US]]-[[New York (state)|NY]]; [[Plerin]], [[France|FR]]-[[Brittany|BRE]]; [[Skewjack]], [[United Kingdom|GB]]-[[England|ENG]]; [[Northport, New York|Northport]], [[United States|US]]-[[New York (state)|NY]] | Global Cloud Xchange ([[Reliance Communications]]) |- | [[TGN Atlantic|Tata TGN-Atlantic]] | June 2001 | 13,000 km | 5.1 Tbit/s | under 100 ms | [[Wall Township, New Jersey|Wall Township]], [[United States|US]]-[[New Jersey|NJ]]; [[Highbridge, Somerset|Highbridge]], [[United Kingdom|GB]]-[[England|ENG]] | Sold by [[Tyco International|Tyco]] to [[Tata Communications]] in 2005 |- | [[Apollo (submarine communications cable)|Apollo]] | February 2003 | 13,000 km | 3.2 Tbit/s | under 100 ms | [[Manasquan, New Jersey]], [[United States|US]]-[[New Jersey|NJ]]; [[Lannion]], [[France|FR]]-[[Brittany|BRE]]; [[Bude]], [[United Kingdom|GB]]-[[England|ENG]]; [[Shirley, New York|Shirley]], [[United States|US]]-[[New York (state)|NY]] | [[Vodafone]] (originally [[Cable & Wireless Worldwide|Cable & Wireless]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/document/submarine-cable-actions-taken-pn-5|title=Submarine Cable Actions Taken PN|publisher=FCC|date=October 4, 2012}}</ref> |- | [[Greenland Connect]] | March 2009 | 4,780 km | | | [[Milton, Newfoundland and Labrador|Milton]], [[Canada|CA]]-[[Newfoundland and Labrador|NL]]; [[Aasiaat]], [[Greenland|GL]]-[[Qaasuitsup|QA]]; [[Sisimiut]], [[Greenland|GL]]-[[Qeqqata|QE]]; [[Maniitsoq]], [[Greenland|GL]]-[[Qeqqata|QE]]; [[Nuuk]], [[Greenland|GL]]-[[Sermersooq|SM]]; [[Qaqortoq]], [[Greenland|GL]]-[[Kujalleq|KU]]; [[Landeyjar]], [[Iceland|IS]] | [[TELE Greenland]] |- | [[Hibernia Express]] | September 2015 | 4,600 km | | | [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]], [[Canada|CA]]-[[Nova Scotia|NS]]; [[Cork (city)|Cork]], [[Ireland|IE]]-[[Munster|M]]; [[Brean]], [[United Kingdom|GB]]-[[England|ENG]] | [[GTT Communications, Inc.]] (originally [[Hibernia Networks]]) |- | [[AEConnect]] (AEC-1) | January 2016 | 5,522 km | 4 × 10 Tbit/s (four strand 100 × 100 Gbit/s) | 54 ms | [[Shirley, New York|Shirley]], [[United States|US]]-[[New York (state)|NY]]; [[Killala]], [[Ireland|IE]]-[[Connacht|C]] | [http://www.aquacomms.com/ Aqua Comms] |- | [[MAREA]] | February 2018 | 6,600 km | 160 Tbit/s | | [[Virginia Beach, Virginia|Virginia Beach]], [[United States|US]]-[[Virginia|VA]]; [[Bilbao]], [[Spain|ES]]-[[Basque Country (autonomous community)|PV]] | [[Facebook]] (25 %), [[Microsoft]] (25 %), [[Telefónica]] (50 %) |- | [[Midgardsormen]] | Q2 2019 (planned) | 7,848 km | | | [[Virginia Beach, Virginia|Virginia Beach]], [[United States|US]]-[[Virginia|VA]]; [[Blaabjerg]], [[Denmark|DK]]; [[Mo i Rana]], [[Norway|NO]] | [http://midgardsormen.net/ Midgardsormen] |- |[[Dunant (submarine communications cable)|Dunant]] |September 2020 (live) |6,400km |250 Tbit/s | |[[Virginia Beach, Virginia|Virginia Beach]], [[United States|US]]-[[Virginia|VA]]; [[Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez]], [[France|FR]] |[[Google]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://venturebeat.com/2019/04/24/how-google-is-building-its-huge-subsea-cable-infrastructure/|title=How Google is building its huge subsea cable infrastructure|last=Sawers|first=Paul|date=April 24, 2019|website=VentureBeat|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425163121/https://venturebeat.com/2019/04/24/how-google-is-building-its-huge-subsea-cable-infrastructure/|archive-date=April 25, 2019|url-status=live|access-date=April 26, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://9to5google.com/2019/04/05/google-dunant-undersea-fiber-cable/|title=Google's Dunant trans-Atlantic cable will deliver record-breaking capacity w/ first use of SDM tech|last=Li|first=Abner|date=April 5, 2019|website=[[9to5Google]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425163227/https://9to5google.com/2019/04/05/google-dunant-undersea-fiber-cable/|archive-date=April 25, 2019|url-status=live|access-date=April 25, 2019}}</ref> |- | [[Havfrue]], including America Europe Connect-2 (AEC-2) branch | December 2020 | 7,851km | 108 Tbit/s | | [[New Jersey]], [[United States|US]]; [[Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland|RoI]]; [[London]], [[United Kingdom|UK]]; [[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands|NL]]; [[Blaabjerg]], [[Denmark|DK]]; [[Kristiansand]], [[Norway|NO]] |[[AquaCommms]], Bulk Infrastructure, [[Facebook]] and [[Google]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/aqua-comms-plans-havfrue-transatlantic-cable-network-funded-by-facebook-google/|title=Aqua Comms plans Havfrue, transatlantic cable network funded by Facebook, Google|work=Data Center Dynamics|date=January 16, 2018|author=Tanwen Dawn-Hiscox}}</ref> |- |[[Grace Hopper (submarine communications cable)|Grace Hopper]] | September 2022 | 6,000km |352 Tbit/s | |[[New York City|New York]], [[United States|US]]; [[Bude]], [[UK]]; [[Bilbao]], [[Spain]] |[[Google]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/infrastructure/announcing-googles-grace-hopper-subsea-cable-system|title=Announcing the Grace Hopper subsea cable, linking the U.S., U.K. and Spain|last=Koley |first=Vikash|date=July 28, 2020|website=Google Cloud}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2020/07/28/google-is-building-a-new-private-subsea-cable-between-europe-and-the-u-s/|title=Google is building a new private subsea cable between Europe and the US|last=Lardinois|first=Frederick|date=July 28, 2020|website=TechCrunch}}</ref> |- |[[Amitié (submarine communications cable)|Amitié]] | July 2023 | 6,600km |320 Tbit/s | | [[Lynn, Massachusetts]], [[United States|US]]; [[Bude]], [[UK]]; [[Le Porge]], [[France]] | A consortium comprising Facebook, Microsoft, Aqua Comms, Vodafone (through Cable & Wireless Americas Systems), Orange<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.totaltele.com/508575/Orange-landing-the-transatlantic-Amiti-cable|title=Orange landing the transatlantic Amitié cable|work=TotalTele|date=8 February 2021}}</ref> |}
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