Pipe Pacific Cable
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PIPE Pacific Cable (PPC-1) is a 6,900 km submarine cable laid by PIPE Networks. It runs from Cromer, New South Wales, in Australia, to Piti, Guam.[1]
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Cable type | Fibre-optic |
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Fate | Active |
First traffic | August 2009 |
Design capacity | 2.56 Tbit/s |
Built by | Tyco Telecom |
Landing points | Cromer, New South Wales, Australia Madang, Papua New Guinea Piti, Guam |
Area served | Asia-Pacific |
Owner(s) | PIPE International (subsidiary of PIPE Networks) |
Website | PIPE International |
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It resulted in huge international backhaul cost savings to Australian customers, for access to the US internet backbone,[2] quoting up to "50% savings" versus existing cable operators.[3]