ULYSSES (cable system)


ULYSSES is a submarine communications cable network divided into two sections: ULYSSES-1 and ULYSSES-2 that transit the English Channel and the North Sea, respectively. It carries telecommunications and internet signals to-and-from the UK to continental Europe. It began service in 1997 and is owned by WorldCom International, BT, France Telecom and KPN.

Network

ULYSSES-1 has landing points in:

1. St Margaret's Bay, Kent, United Kingdom

2. Calais, Pas-de-Calais, France
ULYSSES-2 has landing points in:

3. Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom

4. Near IJmuiden, North Holland, the Netherlands
The route then continues inland into mainland Europe and joins the two cables together at:

5. Amsterdam, Netherlands

6. Düsseldorf, Germany

7. Frankfurt, Germany

8. Saarbrücken, Germany

9. Brussels, Belgium

10. Reims, France

11. Fresnes-lès-Montauban, France

12. Paris, France
And from the two UK landing points the cable connects together at:

13. London, UK