TAT-11

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 ...

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 {{Telecomm-stub