PPC1 was built by Tyco in 2009 for PIPE Networks of Australia, to link Sydney with Guam. A spur provides connectivity between Madang, Papua New Guinea, and Sydney. At launch the 7,185 km cable supported 2.56 Tbps across two fibre optic pairs. PPC-1 was Australia's first submarine cable independent of incumbent carrier Telstra, and helped introduce competition into the Australian transit market. In 2006 it suffered a several week long outage due to a deep sea fault.
Lands At:
- Sydney, Australia
- Madang, Papua New Guinea
- Tata Piti, Guam
Additional Resources:
http2009 PPC-1 CABLE Sydney (Australia), Guam (USA) and PPC 1 Limited 7,185 T SYSTEM Madang (Papua New Guinea) (tecontent/dam/te-com/documents/subcom/global/subcom-system-list.pdf)Landing Points:
- Sydney, Australia
- Madang, Papua New Guinea
- Tata Piti, Guam
Segments:
- PPC_1_GU_BU1: 2323
- PPC-1_BU1_Sydney: 4424
- PPC_1_BU1_Madang: 101
Paths:
- Sydney - Madang: 2424
- Sydney - Guam: 6747
- Madang - Guam: 4525ppc1.php
- https://web.archive.org/web/20190627022427/https://subseaworldnews.com/2016/03/09/ppc-1-cable-repair-almost-complete/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20190627022434/https://subseaworldnews.com/2016/02/08/ppc-1-subsea-cable-out-of-service/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20190627022438/https://www.computerworld.com.au/article/595555/repair-work-begins-tpg-ppc-1-cable/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20190627022442/https://www.computerworld.com.au/article/595719/ppc-1-cable-back-online/