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Global Crossing said it expanded capacity on its Mid-Atlantic Crossing (MAC), South American Crossing (SAC) and Pan American Crossing (PAC) undersea fiber cable systems. The increases will improve connections among Latin America, North America and Europe starting over the…
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next six months, with some segments ready for service starting in May, the company said. The MAC undersea system includes about 4,600 route miles of fiber cable and landing stations in Brookhaven, N.Y., Hollywood, Fla., and St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. MAC connects Global Crossing’s PAC, SAC and Atlantic Crossing-1 subsea systems to provide full connectivity among North America, Latin America and Europe. The MAC system provides IP and Synchronous Digital Hierarchy services at rates up to 10 Gbps. The PAC submarine cable network spans more than 6,000 route miles, connecting the U.S. to Mexico, Central America and South America. It has landing stations in Grover Beach, Calif.; Tijuana, Mexico; Mazatlan, Mexico; Esterillos, Costa Rica; and Fort Amador, Panama. It’s a self-healing ring and Wavelength Division Multiplexing technology. The SAC system includes about 12,000 route miles of fiber cable and landing stations in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands; Fortaleza, Brazil; Rio de Janeiro; Santos, Brazil; Las Toninas, Argentina; Valparaiso, Chile; Lurin, Peru; Fort Amador, Panama; and Puerto Viejo, Venezuela. Fort Amador and Puerto Viejo are shared by Global Crossing’s PAC/Cook’s Crossing undersea systems. The SAC system is a four-fiber-pair repeatered system providing 10 Gbps transport.