Editing TAT-7

{{Short description|Seventh transatlantic telephone cable, operated 1983 to 1994}}
'''TAT-7''' was the seventh [[transatlantic telephone cable]], in operation from 1983 to 1994, initially carrying 4,000 3&nbsp;kHz telephone circuits between [[New Jersey]], United States and [[Porthcurno]] in southwest England. It was owned by [[AT&T Corporation|AT&T]], [[BT Group|British Telecom]] and [[Orange S.A.|France Telecom]], and was the last copper cable to be laid across the Atlantic.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://atlantic-cable.com//Cables/CableTimeLine/index1951.htm|title=History of the Atlantic Cable & Submarine Telegraphy - Cable Timeline|website=atlantic-cable.com|access-date=2018-08-05}}</ref>

Although [[optical fiber]] had been invented in 1970, this cable was still using [[coaxial cable]] technology.

{{Transatlantic telephone cables}}

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[[Category:Infrastructure completed in 1983]]
[[Category:Transatlantic communications cables]]
[[Category:United Kingdom–United States relations]]
[[Category:AT&T buildings]]
[[Category:BT Group buildings and structures]]
[[Category:Orange S.A.]]
[[Category:1994 disestablishments in England]]
[[Category:1983 establishments in England]]
[[Category:1983 establishments in New Jersey]]
[[Category:1994 disestablishments in New Jersey]]


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