TAT-14
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{{Infobox_Submarine_communications_cable
|owners=Carriers consortium
|cable_name=TAT-14
|technology=Fiber optics with EDFA repeaters
|design_capacity=640 Gbit/s
|current_capacity=640 Gbit/s
|length=15,428 km
|topology=Self-healing ring
|date_of_first_use=March 21, 2001
|landing_points=
Blaabjerg (Denmark),
Norden (Germany),
Katwijk (Netherlands),
St. Valéry (France),
Bude-Haven (UK),
Tuckerton (US),
Manasquan (US).
}}
TAT-14 is the 14th consortia transatlantic telephone cable system. In operation from 2001 it utilises wavelength division multiplexing to carry 64 x STM-64 protected circuits between the USA and the United Kingdom, France, The Netherlands. Germany and Denmark in a ring topology.
By the time this cable went into operation, the expected long boom (term coined by Wired magazine) was already ending in the dot-com death. The overinvestment in transcontinental optical fiber capacity led to a financial crisis in private cable operators like Global Crossing.
Cable Failure
In November, 2003, TAT-14 suffered two breaks within weeks of each other. This resulted in disruption to Internet services in the UK.
External link:
- Cable Failure Hits UK Internet Traffic - Article by ZDNet on the failurede:TAT-14