Atlantic Crossing 1 (AC-1) is an optical submarine telecommunications cable system linking the United States and three European countries. It transports speech and data traffic between the U.S., the U.K., the Netherlands and Germany. It is one of several

transatlantic communications 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 ...

s. It was operated by American company Level 3 Communications and Irish company Tyco International, until their respective mergers in 2017 and 2016 with other companies. It has landing points in: #

Brookhaven Cable Station Brookhaven may refer to: Places Canada * Amesbury, Toronto, also known as Brookhaven-Amesbury, a Toronto neighbourhood United States * Brookhaven, Georgia, a city just northeast of Atlanta ** Brookhaven/Oglethorpe (MARTA station), a passenger rail ...

, Shirley,

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' ...

, United States # Land's End Cable Station, England, United Kingdom # Westerland Cable Station, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany #

KPN Telecom cable station KPN (in full Koninklijke KPN N.V., also Royal KPN N.V.) is a Dutch landline and mobile telecommunications company. KPN originated from a government-run postal, telegraph and telephone service and is based in Rotterdam, Netherlands. History Un ...

, Beverwijk, Netherlands

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Global Crossing Press Release

Global Crossing Completes Upgrade on Trans-Atlantic RouteVSNL Int. Map
(Flash only) {{DEFAULTSORT:Ac-1 Submarine communications cables in the North Atlantic Ocean Submarine communications cables in the English Channel Submarine communications cables in the North Sea 1999 establishments in England 1999 establishments in Germany 1999 establishments in the Netherlands 1999 establishments in New York (state)