International Connectivity and Capacity The region has had relatively poor cable connectivity to...
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International Connectivity and Capacity The region has had relatively poor cable connectivity to date, but bandwidth in undersea cables will expand dramatically in the next few years, perhaps producing a glut. Intra-regional bandwidth is still lagging.
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International Connectivity and Capacity
The region has had relatively poor cable connectivity to date, but bandwidth in undersea cables will expand dramatically in the next few years, perhaps producing a glut.
Intra-regional bandwidth is still lagging.
International Internet Links (mbps)
Major Undersea Cables
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As of December 1999 171.2 190.04 91.2 55 52.8
By June 2001 592 160 20 400 80
Trans Atlantic Trans Pacific Europe-Africa-Asia Pan Am Caribbean Pan Asian
Source: Telegeography 2000, Telegeography, Inc., Washington DC, 2000.
Forthcoming Cables
Name In Service
Initial Capacity
(Gbps)
Upgraded Capacity (Gbps) Route
Arcos-1 Sep-01 15 2560
Fl, Caribb, N coast SA, E coast CA, Mexico
SA Crossing Mar-01 40 1280
Vir Isl, Braz, Arg, Chile, Peru, Col, Pan
360 Americas Jun-01 40 1280
NJ,Fl, Mex, Ven, Braz, Arg, Braz, Berm, NJ
Emergia Mar-01 40 1920
Fl, P Rico, Braz, Arg, Chile, Peru, Col, Guat, Fl
Mercus-1 Dec-01 80 2560
NJ, Florida, P Rico, Braz, Arg
Source: LatinCom, page 6-9., October 6 2000.
International IP Links
Vancouver
San Francisco
Dallas
Montreal
New York
Washington
Miami
Paris
Palermo
Cable Routes
Source: Telegeography 2000
Cable Landing Points
Argentina French Guyana Peru
Bermuda Grand Cayman Puerto Rico
Brazil Guatemala St. Croix
Chile Guyana St. Thomas
Colombia Honduras Suriname
Costa Rica Jamaica Trinidad
Curacao Martinique Uruguay
Dominican Republic Mexico Venezuela
Ecuador Panama Virgin Islands
El Salvador
Satellite Launches and Cost
Transatlantic submarine systems
International Telephone Company Investors in LA
American TeleSource Int'l. MCI WorldcomAndrew Corporation RSL CommunicationsAT&T SBC CommunicationsBell South SprintCable and Wireless (UK) Telecom Italia (Italy)Entel Chile Telefonica (Spain)First Comm Corp Teleglobe (Canada)France Telecom (France) Telscape InternationalGTE TexcomImpSat Corp. Argentina WorldTel (UK)IXC Communications WorldxChangeJustice Technology Corp.
WTO Basic Telecommunication Agreement Signatories (69 total)
Antigua & Barbuda EcuadorArgentina El SalvadorBelize GrenadaBolivia GuatemalaBrazil JamaicaChile MexicoColombia PeruDominica Trinidad & TobagoDominican Republic Venezuela
