Episode 1232
Hawaii Inter-Island Cable System
Thu, 2020-Sep-17 01:39 UTC
Length - 2:06
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The random article for Thursday, 17 September 2020 is Hawaii Inter-Island Cable System.
HICS or Hawaii Inter-Island Cable System is a fiber optic submarine telecommunications cable system linking together six of the eight main Hawaiian Islands with each other. It has landing points in:
Lihue Terminal, Wailua Point, Kauai, Hawaii, U. S. A.
Ko Olina Terminal, Kahe Point, Oahu, Hawaii, U. S. A.
Koko Head Terminal, Sandy Beach, Oahu, Hawaii, U. S. A.
Kihei Terminal, Mokapu, Maui, Hawaii, U. S. A.
Kawaihae Terminal, Spencer Beach, Island of Hawaii, U. S. A. It has a transmission capacity of 2.5 Gbit/s, and a total cable length of 298 miles (480 km). It started operation on July 20, 1994 and is operated and maintained by Hawaiian Telcom.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:39 UTC on Thursday, 17 September 2020.
For the full current version of the article, see Hawaii Inter-Island Cable System on Wikipedia.
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