Atlantic Crossing 1

AC-1
Owners: Tyco / Level 3 Communications
Landing points 1. Shirley, New York (Brookhaven Cable Stn.) 2. Whitesand Bay, Cornwall, England (Land's End Cable Stn.) 3. Westerland, Schleswig-Holstein 4. Beverwijk (KPN Telecom Cable Stn.)
Total length	14,000 km
Topology	unknown
Design capacity	40 Gbit/s
Currently lit capacity	120 Gbit/s
Technology	Fiber optics
Date of first use	1999 (1999)

Atlantic Crossing 1 (AC-1) is an optical submarine telecommunications cable system linking the United States and three European countries.

It transports speech and data traffic between the U.S., the U.K., the Netherlands and Germany. It is one of several transatlantic communications cables. It was operated by American company Level 3 Communications and Irish company Tyco International, until their respective mergers in 2017 and 2016 with other companies.

It has landing points in:

1. Brookhaven Cable Station, Shirley, New York, United States
2. Land's End Cable Station, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
3. Westerland Cable Station, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
4. KPN Telecom cable station, Beverwijk, Netherlands

External links

• Global Crossing Press Release
• Global Crossing Completes Upgrade on Trans-Atlantic Route