TAT-8

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/TAT-8

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:marine
gptkbp:capacity	280 Mbit/s
gptkbp:connects	gptkb:France gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:firstTransatlanticFiberOpticCable	true
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	TAT-8
gptkbp:landingDate	gptkb:Penmarch,_Brittany,_France gptkb:Tuckerton,_New_Jersey,_USA gptkb:Widemouth_Bay,_Cornwall,_UK
gptkbp:length	5846 km
gptkbp:numberOfFiberPairs	2
gptkbp:numberOfRepeaters	86
gptkbp:opened	1988
gptkbp:operatedBy	gptkb:AT&T gptkb:British_Telecom gptkb:France_Telecom
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:TAT-7
gptkbp:retired	2002
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:TAT-9
gptkbp:technology	fiber optic
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:transatlantic_telephone_cable
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6