title: NPC (cable system)
text: NPC (North Pacific Cable) is a submarine telecommunications cable system in the North Pacific Ocean linking the United States and Japan.
  
  It has landing points in:
  Miura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
  Pacific City, Tillamook County, Oregon, United States
  Seward, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States (branch @ 420 Mbit/s)
  
  It has a transmission capacity of 1,260 Mbit/s, and a total cable length of 5,200 miles (~8,400 km). The cable also included a spur to Alaska. The cable started operation in May 1991 and ceased operating in 2004.
  
  References
  
  External links 
   https://www.fcc.gov/document/north-pacific-cable-system
  
  Submarine communications cables in the Pacific Ocean
  Japan–United States relations
  1991 establishments in Alaska
  1991 establishments in Japan
  1991 establishments in Oregon
  2004 disestablishments in Alaska
  2004 disestablishments in Japan
  2004 disestablishments in Oregon