TAT-11 was
AT&T Corporation
AT&T Corporation, originally the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, is the subsidiary of AT&T Inc. that provides voice, video, data, and Internet telecommunications and professional services to businesses, consumers, and government agen ...
's 11th
transatlantic telephone cable
A transatlantic telecommunications cable is a submarine communications cable connecting one side of the Atlantic Ocean to the other. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, each cable was a single wire. After mid-century, coaxial cable came into use ...
, in operation from 1993, initially carrying 2 x 565 Mbit/s between the United States and France.
The cable ran between
Manahawkin, New Jersey, United States to
Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez
Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez () is a commune in the Vendée department, administrative region of Pays de la Loire, western France. Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez station has rail connections to Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie and Nantes.
Population
See also
*Com ...
in France and
Oxwich Bay
Oxwich Bay on the Gower Peninsula of South Wales
Oxwich Bay ( cy, Bae Oxwich) is a bay on the south of the Gower Peninsula, Wales.
Its landscape features sand dunes, salt marshes and woodland. Oxwich Bay includes a long sandy beach, accessible f ...
in
Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in ...
.
Its capacity was 3x565 between the US and the UK or between France and the US or between the UK and France. Its usual working configuration was 2x565 between UK - US, 1x565 between UK - France and 1x565 between US and France. The system was retired in 2004.
Infrastructure completed in 1993
Transatlantic communications cables
France–United States relations
France–United Kingdom relations
United Kingdom–United States relations
1993 establishments in France
1993 establishments in New Jersey
1993 establishments in Wales
2004 disestablishments in France
2004 disestablishments in New Jersey
2004 disestablishments in Wales
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