GlobeNet is a submarine telecommunications cable system

Submarine communications cable

A submarine communications cable is a cable laid on the sea bed between land-based stations to carry telecommunication signals across stretches of ocean....

 linking the USA

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

, Bermuda

Bermuda

Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about to the west-northwest. It is about south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and northeast of Miami, Florida...

, Venezuela

Venezuela

Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

 and Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

. It has a design capacity of 1.36 Tbit/s carried over four fiber pairs of fully restorable capacity (34 x 10 Gigabit x 4 fiber pairs). It was demonstrated in 2010 that the cable system was capable of supporting 5.76 Terabits on all segments built in 2001. The cable system was initially laid and named by GlobeNet. GlobeNet is a wholly owned subsidiary of Oi

Oi

Oi is a slang interjection used in Britain, Ireland, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and other countries to get someone's attention or to express surprise or disapproval...

.

The cable system has landing points

Cable landing point

A cable landing point is the location where a submarine or other underwater cable makes landfall. The term is most often used for the landfall points of submarine telecommunications cables and submarine power cables. The landing will either be direct or via a branch from a main cable using a...

 in:

1. Tuckerton, New Jersey
   Tuckerton, New Jersey
   Tuckerton is a Borough in Ocean County, New Jersey, named for founder Ebenezer Tucker , and was a port of entry, but not the third Port of Entry as commonly believed, in the United States As of the 2000 United States Census, the borough population was 3,517.Tuckerton was incorporated as a borough...
   
   , USA
2. Boca Raton, Florida
   Boca Raton, Florida
   Boca Raton is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA, incorporated in May 1925. In the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 74,764; the 2006 population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau was 86,396. However, the majority of the people under the postal address of Boca Raton, about...
   
   , USA
3. St David's
   St. David's Island, Bermuda
   St. David's Island is one of the main islands of Bermuda. It is located in the far north of the territory, one of the two similarly sized islands that makeup the majority of St...
   
   , Bermuda
4. Maiquetia, Venezuela
5. Fortaleza
   Fortaleza
   Fortaleza is the state capital of Ceará, located in Northeastern Brazil. With a population close to 2.5 million , Fortaleza is the 5th largest city in Brazil. It has an area of and one of the highest demographic densities in the country...
   
   , Brazil
6. Rio de Janeiro
   Rio de Janeiro
   Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
   
   , Brazil

The segment between Bermuda and New Jersey is built from a previously laid cable system, BUS-1.

Sources

• Alcatel Cable Profiles - Atlantica-1