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, United States It has a design transmission capacity of 640 Gbit/s, with 180 Gbit/s lit (as of February 2006), and a total cable length of 20,890 km. It started operation in January 2001. Since 2009, PC-1 has been owned by Japanese carrier NTT.

References

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pc-1 (Cable System) Submarine communications cables in the Pacific Ocean Japan–United States relations Communications in Washington (state) Communications in California 2001 establishments in California 2001 establishments in Japan 2001 establishments in Oregon