UK-Belgium 5
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UK-Belgium 5 was a
optical fibres rather than coaxial cable. [1]
The cable was laid in 1986. It was owned by a consortium which included
British Telecom. The cable was manufactured by Standard Telephones and Cables. It runs between Broadstairs in the UK and Ostend
in Belgium, and has a total length of 122.6 kilometres (76.2 mi).
The cable had 3 repeaters and had 3 pairs of optic fibres, each operating at 280 Mbit/s giving a total capacity of 11,520 x 64 kbit/s circuits.[2]
UK-Belgium 5 was withdrawn from service in January 2005.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "First Submarine Fiber Optic Cable", Optica (society), retrieved 28 January 2024
- ISSN 0262-401X.
- ^ "History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications", Atlantic-Cable.com, retrieved 28 January 2024