Subsea Cables & Internet Infrastructure

A Big European Network Wants Your Business.  Huge, dense footprint encompassing both data centers and commercial buildings.  Includes the most reliable subsea cable across the English Channel linking London and Amsterdam.  Fibre in the Chunnel as well.  Both 100G and 400G wavelengths available.  For those ready to 'ascend' to the next  level, spectrum is also available.  Metro dark fibre in key markets like London, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Paris.  Fast Provisioning. Ranges from two to four weeks.   Latency optimized routes for both general Layer 1 consumers like ISPs and financial traders.  Full diversity possible between all city pairs. 

Three Year 100G Layer 1 Transport: Low Latency As Well As Highly Diverse Routes Available  Telehouse 2 Paris/Slough Equinix;  1100€ MRC; No install charges.  MAD2/MRS2; 1100€ MRC; No install fees.  LD8/AM5; 1150€ MRC; No install fees.  London Dark Fibre Rings; Key DCs; 1000€ MRC; NRC waived.  Frankfurt Dark Fibre Rings; Key DCs; 900€ MRC; NRC waived.  Tallinn/Frankfurt; 2000€ MRC; NRC waived.  Moscow/Frankfurt; 4000€ MRC; NRC waived.  Milano/Palermo; 2300€ MRC; NRC waived. 

My best guess is that this extraordinary project goes fully live by the end of the first quarter of 2025. So far only the Kenya/Tanzania/South Africa segments have been activated and it is not clear whether they passing live traffic at this point. For more details, click on  https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/2africa-cable-set-live-between-south-africa-and-kenya/.  The 2Africa subsea network is based on the principle of carrier neutrality. So in principle cable landing station ownership or operating licenses should not matter in carrier vendor selection. But until practice proves neutrality is being honored, it is best to request capacity from a provider that operates one or both cable landing stations. This advice does not apply to routes that use carrier neutral data centres to house the CLS. So, for example, the Genoa/South Africa path uses GN1 Equinix to house the CLS in Italy and also Teraco data centres. Opportunistic CLS behavior is far less likely when a carrier neutral