Subsea Cables & Internet Infrastructure

The Japanese National Institute of Information and Communication set a single fibre pair transmission record of 22.9 petabits last November. To achieve it, multicore was combined with multiple frequency bands including the standard C-band, L-band (in limited production use today), and S-band. The C-band is the work horse of optical infrared transmission with a wavelength range of 1530-1550 nanometers. These wavelengths experience the least attenuation in a glass medium; they are also ideal for erbium-doped optical amplifiers. The L-band includes the 1565 to 1625 nanometer range. Its attenuation in glass is the second lowest. Arelion has used L-band in its US East Coast network. At least one Pacific cable has used L-band as well. I believe it is PLNC which connects HK to the US. The S-band ranges from 1460 to 1515 nanometers. The 'S' stands for short band. It has the third lowest attenuation in glass. The Japanese combined these three bands with a 38 core fibre strand which they

Milano/Palermo;  2,000€.  Milano/Thessaloniki; 7,500€.  Coresite 1 Wilshire/San Jose Equinix; $1,750.  Hawaii DC/Coresite 1 Wilshire; $17,500. LS1 Lisbon/MDXI Equinix Lagos; $25,000.  CT2 Capetown South Africa/JB2 Johannesburg; Route Protected ; $8,500.  Valencia, Spain/Madrid Interxion 2; 1,250€.  Ashburn Equinix/Telehouse 2 Paris; Dunant Cable ; $6,250.  HK/Singapore; AAG  cable ; $13,500.  TY4 Tokyo/Coresite 1 Wilshire; Unity Cable ; $18,500.  

Marseille/Singapore; AAE1 cable; 10G wavelength; $3,200 MRC; 2 year term.  London/Singapore Overland; SG/HK/China/Kazakhstan/Bellarus/Poland/Germany/London;  full GigE; $8,000 MRC; 185 ms RTD.  LD4 Equinix/AM5 Amsterdam; Scylla Cable; 100G Wave; 1,100€ MRC; low latency path; 3 year term.  Milano/Palermo; 100G Wave; 2,000€ MRC; 3 year term.  Lisbon Equinix/Capetown Teraco; Equiano Cable; 100G Wave; $32K MRC; 3 years.  CLS Japan/CLS Oregon; Faster Cable; 100G Wave; $13,500 MRC; 1 year term.  Ashburn Equinix/Telehouse 2 Paris; 100G Wave; Dunant Cable; $5750 MRC; 3 year term.  Dallas Equinix/Ashburn Equinix; 100G Wave; $2,400 MRC; 3 year term.  Ashburn Equinix/Secaucus Equinix; 100G Wave; $1,900 MRC; 3 year term.  Ashburn Equinix/San Jose Equinix; 100G Wave; $2,950 MRC; 3 year term.  Ashburn Equinix/Miami M1 Equinix; 100G Wave; $1,950 MRC; 3 year term.  Secaucus Equinix/Coresite LA2; 100G Wave; $3,950; 3 year term. 

If you can take it at the Chikura and Bandon CLS, MRC is $13.5K per 100G. From TY4 to 1 Wilshire pricing is $17.5K MRC. Good deal.