Curacao (UTS): The Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) is a fiber optic submarine communications cable



ARCOS-1

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The Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) is a fiber optic submarine communications cable of 8,400 kilometers that extends between the United States, the Bahamas, the Turks and Caicos Islands, the Dominican RepublicPuerto RicoCuraçaoVenezuelaColombiaPanamaCosta RicaNicaragua,HondurasGuatemalaBelize, and Mexico. Because of its length, it was divided in two phases: Phase 1 being in service since September 2001 and Phase II since March 2002. The cable system was set in a ring configuration and is operated on a non-common carrier basis.

Carriers (incomplete)[edit]

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Route of the cable.
  1. North Miami BeachFloridaU.S.
  2. CancúnMexico
  3. TulumMexico
  4. LadyvilleBelize
  5. Puerto BarriosGuatemala
  6. Puerto CortésHonduras
  7. TrujilloHonduras
  8. Puerto LempiraHonduras
  9. Puerto CabezasNicaragua
  10. BluefieldsNicaragua
  11. Puerto LimónCosta Rica
  12. Maria ChiquitaPanama
  13. UstupoPanama
  14. CartagenaColombia
  15. RiohachaColombia
  16. Punto FijoVenezuela
  17. WillemstadCuraçao
  18. San JuanPuerto Rico
  19. Punta CanaDominican Republic
  20. Puerto PlataDominican Republic
  21. ProvidencialesTurks and Caicos Islands
  22. Crooked IslandBahamas
  23. Cat IslandBahamas
  24. NassauBahamas

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