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 […]
This cable landing station was built by Mercury Communications (Cable & Wireless) for the 1993 TAT-11 cable from AT&T in Manahawkin, New Jersey, USA, it had a capacity of 560 Mb/s and was decommissioned in 2004. As part of the TAT-11 installation, Cable & Wireless added a spur to Brean in 1993, this connection will be decommissioned […]
This major cable landing station in Pottington was built in 2001 by troubled Tycom, It was then acquired by Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL) in 2005 and then rebranded in 2007 to Tata Communications. The cables land at Saunton and run along the river path to Pottington. TGN Atlantic runs between Wall Township, New Jersey, USA to […]