Columbus III
Appearance
COLUMBUS III is a 9900 km transatlantic telecommunications cable. It has 90 repeaters. In service since 1999, it is owned by over 30 carriers. It transfers 20 Gbit/s on each of the 2 fibre pairs.
It has landing points in:
- Miami, Florida, USA
- Ponta Delgada, Azores Islands, Portugal
- Lisbon, Portugal
- Conil, Spain
- Mazara del Vallo, Sicily, Italy
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