Fiber Optic Cable Map Usa

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Fiber optic cable map usa. To be on this list a provider should provide intercity transport services between at least 5 states. Computer science professor paul barford and a team of researchers recently published the first publicly available map of the us s long haul fiber optic cable network. Data only flows in one direction on either cable making them a good fit for high traffic connections like backbone ports fiber switches and servers. After maintaining the map for years it has become difficult for me to find time to continue the work.
Selecting a cable on the map projection or from the submarine cable list provides access to the cable s profile including the cable s name ready for service rfs date length owners website. Fiber optic internet map. 1 to view reported fiber coverage in your area click on your state and zoom into your county. Cables are often installed with additional unused fibers.
It took the team nearly 4. Fiber may be owned or leased via long term iru. If a conduit with fiber optic cables from several providers is severed clients may or. Telegeography s free interactive submarine cable map is based on our authoritative global bandwidth research and depicts active and planned submarine cable systems and their landing stations.
Duplex cables include two separate fiber optic cables connected by the outer coating with two entry exits on either end. The map and data will always remain free and i m confident the new custodians will do the project justice. Below you ll find a map of fiber availability in the us based on the latest data set released by the fcc ntia. Fortuantely there is a team who is keen to take the project further and improve on it.
Map of us long haul fiber optic infrastructure.