Hank Nussbacher <HANK@barilvm.bitnet> (08/21/90)
I just got a map of the new fiber-optic undersea cable infrastructure being laid in this area of the world. Some of it already exists, and some is in the process of being installed. The installer of the cable is SUBMARCOM - a subsidiary of CGE (France). - EMOS-1 a cable from Palermo, Sicily to Tel-Aviv, Israel with shunts off to Lechaina, Crete and Marmaris, Turkey.. - MAT-2 a cable from Palermo, Sicily to Palma, some small island off the eastern shore of Spain (Balearic Islands). - MAT-3 is a cable from Palma to Estephona, Spain. - From the Estephona area, there is a connection to TAT-9, one of the two optic transatlantic cables. Since both TAT-9 and TAT-8 end near Plymouth, England there is the cabability of selecting either TAT-8 or TAT-9 for transatlantic service. Hank Nussbacher Israel