TAT-3 was the third
transatlantic telephone cable
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, in operation from 1963 to 1986. It had 414 kHz of bandwidth, allowing it to carry 138 telephone circuits (simultaneous calls). It was long, connecting
Widemouth Bay
Widemouth Bay ( kw, Porth an Men) is a bay, beach and small village on the Atlantic coast of Cornwall, England, UK. It is about 3 miles (5 km) south of Bude. This stretch of coast is steeped in the smuggling history of times before, and ...
in
Cornwall, England
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to
Tuckerton, New Jersey
Tuckerton is a borough in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States, named for founder Ebenezer Tucker (1758–1845), and was a port of entry, but not the third Port of Entry in the United States, as is often described.Stemmer, Peter H"The Port ...
in the United States. It was owned by
AT&T
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and
GPO (now
BT). It cost £12m
in 1960
References
AT&T buildings
British Telecom buildings and structures
Infrastructure completed in 1963
Science and technology in Cornwall
Transatlantic communications cables
United Kingdom–United States relations
1963 establishments in England
1963 establishments in New Jersey
1986 disestablishments in England
1986 disestablishments in New Jersey
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