When was the Trans-Pacific Express undersea cable, for which Nedonna Beach, Oregon is a terminus, commissioned?
Nedonna Beach, Oregon Nedonna Beach is an unincorporated community in Tillamook County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. It serves as the U.S. terminus of the Trans-Pacific Express undersea cable and Southern Cross Cable. Nedonna Beach is west of U.S. Route 101 between Rockaway Beach and Nehalem Bay.
TAT-8 TAT-8 was the 8th transatlantic communications cable and first transatlantic fiber-optic cable, initially carrying 40,000 telephone circuits (simultaneous calls) between the United States, Great Britain and France. It was constructed in 1988 by a consortium of companies led by AT&T Corporation, France Télécom, and British Telecom. AT&T Bell Laboratories developed the technologies used in the cable. It was able to serve the three countries with a single transatlantic crossing with the use of an innovative branching unit located underwater on the continental shelf off the coast of Great Britain. The cable lands in Tuckerton, New Jersey, USA, Widemouth Bay, England, UK, and Penmarch, France.