G-P
G-P (or Guam-Philippines Fiber Optic Submarine Cable System) is a submarine telecommunications cable system in the North Pacific Ocean linking the two named territories.
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Landing points
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Total length | 3,600 km |
Design capacity | 20 Gbit/s |
Date of first use | 31 March 1999 |
It has landing points in:[1]
- Batangas Bay, Batangas City, Batangas Province, the Philippines
- Tanguisson Point, Tumon Village, Guam
It has a design transmission capacity of 20 Gbit/s, starting operation at 5 Gbit/s and a total cable length of 3,600 km. It started operation on 31 March 1999.
Sources
- "Application for a license to land and operate in the United States a private fiber optic cable system extending between Guam and the Philippines, the G-P Cable System". fcc.gov. December 15, 1998. Retrieved February 17, 2006.
- G-P Greg's cable map
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