Global Crossing installed the Pan European Crossing Cable in 1999 at Dumpton Gap, Broadstairs, Kent to connect the UK with Europe via Belgium. Another link was designed for Seaford, East Sussex to Veules-les-Roses, France as backup. The PEC network was to extend/compliment their 40Gbps AC1 – U.S to U.K. to Netherlands and Germany ring network […]
The new CeltixConnect-2 cable, which is being built by submarine cable provider Aqua Comms will provide 60ms latency from Blackpool to New York, it will also expand to Denmark and play a role in their north atlantic ring network. This major build is nearing closer and will be another, welcomed upgrade to transatlantic capacity. They […]
In Feb 1991, Eastern Electricity Plc applied for planning to start a very early deployment, across the tops of the nearby powerlines. The application was for the ” ERECTION OF REPEATER STATION TO HOUSE EQUIPMENT TO AMPLIFY TELECOMMUNICATION SIGNALS WITHIN NEW FIBRE OPTIC CABLE. ” This unit is a pre-fab, housing optical hardware, a diesel […]
Polgate has two points of presence built in 1998, ready for the Circe South cable from Cayeux-sur-Mer, France. Built on Dittons Road by Viatel & VTLWavenet, a pan-European network with approximately 450 km of fibre, landing at Pevensey Bay, travels through POPs in London and Egham, across to a second landing station at Lowestoft in […]
The internet doesn’t seem physical, We type in a web address and within a second, it’s loaded, but in reality, it’s a very physical process that has to take place. As your request whizzes down your broadband connection, onto your ISP’s network and onto an internet exchange or peering point. From there it will be […]
This cable landing station was built by NTL back in 1998 for their Sirius south cable to Dublin. It was built in an industrial unit on leased land however in 2008, Virgin Media were notified that the lease would not be renewed and a housing development was planned for the site. Due to the complex nature […]
This cable landing station was built by Cable North West in 1996 (Planning) but later became Telewest and then Virgin Media. Recent Plan’s shows the C&W Rackspace inside. It’s unknown where Lanis1 landed between 1992 and 1996 but its likely this is the current landing station. It’s also possible Manx Electricity Authority’s 2007 E-LLAN lands here. The […]
This cable landing station was built by BT in 1964 and used as a cable landing station between Denmark, Germany and The Netherlands. It also played a major role in BT’s radio network linking London to Europe. In the late 1980’s, Racal Telecom marketed a 40 Gbps pan-UK route via MCI Worldcom Cornwall, through Bristol, […]
Vodafone is one of the most recognisable brands, worldwide with many thinking it concentrates on mobile phones, however, Vodafone is a formidable force behind the internet and this post will explain how Vodafone got so big and how it controls many aspects of the internet as we know it. Racal Electronics plc was a British […]
This cable landing station was built by Mercury Communications (Cable & Wireless) in 1989 for the PTAT-1 cable. The US side was managed by Sprint and was the first cable to end to monopoly held by BT & AT&T. It was decommissioned at 02:00 hours on 8 February 2004 after it became unviable with over-investment […]