Apollo is an

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system crossing the

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, owned by Apollo Submarine Cable System Ltd (a joint venture between

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and Alcatel). It consists of 2 segments North and South, creating two fully diverse transatlantic paths. In early 2006,

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announced its purchase of 300 Gbit/s of capacity between Apollo North and Apollo South with an option to purchase up 300 Gbit/s of future capacity. This acquisition gives Level 3 a transatlantic path that does not pass through either London or New York City, which is desirable to carriers due to network diversity concerns. This purchase represents the single largest transaction of sub-sea capacity in history without laying new cable.

Principal access points

Apollo has principal access points at the following locations: ;United States *

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* 2100 M Street, Washington DC *

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, Ashburn * US cable stations in

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and

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;United Kingdom *

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* Global Switch * Telecity Harbour Exchange * Cable station in

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* Equinix,

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;France * Global Switch *

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Netcenter *

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1, 2 and 3 * Equinix, Paris

Security breach

In February 2018, ''

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'' reported that the infrastructure for the UK landing site of the Apollo,

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and Europe India Gateway cables had been found almost entirely unprotected. Their reporter was able to reach the premises without being challenged, and found the door to the generator room unlocked and left ajar.

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, who manage the facility, said that he had not reached critical equipment and "would not have been able to interrupt the operation of the facility."

References

External links

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