G-P

{{short description|Pacific submarine communications cable}}

{{use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}

{{Infobox Submarine communications cable

| cable_name = G-P

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| technology =

| design_capacity = 20 Gbit/s

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| length = {{convert|3600|km|abbr=on}}

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| first_use_date = {{start date and age|1999|03|31|df=y}}

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G-P (or Guam-Philippines Fiber Optic Submarine Cable System) is a submarine telecommunications cable system in the North Pacific Ocean linking the two named territories.

It has landing points in:[http://www.cablemap.info/?c=G-P G-P] Greg's cable map

It has a design transmission capacity of 20 Gbit/s, starting operation at 5 Gbit/s and a total cable length of {{convert|3600|km|abbr=on}}. It started operation on 31 March 1999.

Sources

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cite web

|title=Application for a license to land and operate in the United States a private fiber optic cable system extending between Guam and the Philippines, the G-P Cable System

|url=http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/International/Orders/1998/da982550.txt

|website=fcc.gov

|date=December 15, 1998

|accessdate=February 17, 2006

}}

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