TPC-5CN (cable system)
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TPC-5CN or Trans-Pacific Cable 5 Cable Network 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 Japan, Guam, Hawaii and mainland USA.

It 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:
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    , Kanagawa Prefecture
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    , Japan
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    , Oregon
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    , Hawaii
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    , USA
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    , Guam
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    , Japan
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It has a transmission capacity of 5 Gbit/s, and a total cable length of 22,500 km. It started operation on 31 December 1996.
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