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Black Sea Fiber-Optic Cable System

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The Black Sea Fiber-Optic Cable System (BSFOCS) is a 1,300 km (808 mi) submarine telecommunications cable system linking three countries bordering the Black Sea.[1] It went into operation in September 2001, and has a total capacity of 20 Gbit/s along 2 fiber pairs.[1]

It has landing points in:

  1. Varna, Bulgaria
  2. Odesa, Ukraine
  3. Novorossiysk, Russia

References

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  • https://web.archive.org/web/20070930122255/http://foptnet.ge/map2eng.htm Map of the cable system (3 Systems BSFOCS, KAFOS, & ITUR)
  • "www.bsfocs.com/connectivity.php". Archived from the original on 28 February 2006. Retrieved February 11, 2006.
  • "www.bsfocs.com/cable-description-specification.php". Archived from the original on 28 February 2006. Retrieved February 11, 2006.
  • "Cytaglobal". Archived from the original on April 8, 2007. Retrieved April 13, 2007.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b International Bandwidth 2005: Black Sea Fiber Optic Cable System (BSFOCS), PRIMETRICA, INC, 2005.
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