Editing CANTAT-3 (section)

== History ==
CANTAT-3 is the only NL-16 laser regenerative 2.5 Gig/s submarine system built in the world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/greenlandtheory/greenland/odin-cable-system?tmpl=%2Fsystem%2Fapp%2Ftemplates%2Fprint%2F&showPrintDialog=1|title=12.17 ODIN Cable System|website=Greenland Theory|access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref> Part of this huge system was built at STC Submarine Networks, [[Portland, Oregon]], [[United States|USA]], from 1993–1994 (which later became [[Alcatel Submarine Networks]]). STC Submarine Networks in [[Southampton]], [[Hampshire]], [[United Kingdom|UK]], made the rest of the system. The Canadian portion (shore end system) was laid off [[Nova Scotia]] by the [[VSNL International Canada|Teleglobe]] cable ship CS John Cabot. The main-lay portion was deployed off Nova Scotia towards the Faroes on board the [[AT&T Corporation|AT&T]] ship Global Mariner. Other cable ships were involved in the completion of this system. This was the northernmost cable system ever deployed at the time.

CANTAT-3 was operated{{Until when|date=May 2024}} by [[India]]'s [[VSNL International Canada|Teleglobe]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}

On December 17, 2006, CANTAT-3 services were disrupted due to damage to the [[submarine communications cable|submarine cable]], resulting in degradation of service to hundreds of thousands of users connecting via internet and media providers ([[Síminn]], [[Vodafone]] and [[HIVE (ISP)|Hive]]). The country was however backed up by the second submarine cable, [[FARICE-1]] The most notable effect of the event was a temporary shut-down of data communications by Iceland's universities and hospitals, which relied exclusively on CANTAT-3's services. Although it was predicted that a full recovery of the cable would take ten days, starting from midnight on January 13, 2007, it actually took until July 29, 2007 before service was fully restored. During that time, the Icelandic universities and hospitals in [[Akureyri]] and [[Reykjavík]] relied on emergency connectivity obtained via local internet providers [[Síminn]] and [[Vodafone]]. The Icelandic government decided not to buy extra bandwidth for the university network through the functioning [[FARICE-1]] cable, despite being a large shareholder in FARICE-1.<ref>[http://www.siminn.is/um-simann/frettasetur/nanar/item31135/ Press release by Síminn at 2006-12-17 about failure of CANTAT-3] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130918001907/http://www.siminn.is/um-simann/frettasetur/nanar/item31135/|date=2013-09-18}} (Icelandic)</ref>

Given that CANTAT-3 suffered multiple<ref name="farice" /><ref>[http://www.siminn.is/um-simann/frettasetur/nanar/store63/item4304/ Press release by Síminn at 2003-11-05 about failure of CANTAT-3] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130918001914/http://www.siminn.is/um-simann/frettasetur/nanar/store63/item4304/ |date=2013-09-18 }} (Icelandic)</ref> interruptions, the alternative cables [[FARICE-1]], [[DANICE]] and [[Greenland Connect]] were established and/or expanded<ref name="farice" /> to ensure cabled telecommunication connectivity in Iceland. CANTAT-3 also had too little capacity by 2007 for domestic Internet usage, and became outdated as soon as the DANICE cable came into operation by 2009.