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{{Infobox Submarine communications cable
| cable_name     = Yellow / AC-2
| map            = AC-2-route.png
| owners         = [[Lumen Technologies|Lumen]]
| landing_points = {{unbulleted list
 |'''1.''' [[Bellport, New York|Bellport / Brookhaven, New York]]
 |'''2.''' [[Bude]], [[Cornwall]]
}}
| technology       = Fiber optics
| design_capacity  = 640&nbsp;Gbit/s
| current_capacity = 320&nbsp;Gbit/s
| length           = {{circa}} 6,400 km
| topology         = unknown
| first_use_date   = {{Start date|2000|11}}
}}

'''Yellow''' / '''AC-2''' ('''Atlantic Crossing 2''') is a [[submarine communications cable|submarine telecommunications cable system]] linking the United States and the United Kingdom. The cable is wholly owned by [[Lumen Technologies|Lumen]] (formerly [[Level 3 Communications]]) in the US following its acquisition of [[Global Crossing]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.submarinenetworks.com/systems/trans-atlantic/ac-2 |title=AC-2/Yellow |publisher=submarinenetworks |accessdate=27 April 2021}}</ref> The original owners, which each owned two of the fibre pairs, gave this cable system different names, so it is known as both '''Yellow''' (after the Beatles song [[Yellow Submarine (song)|Yellow Submarine]]) and '''AC-2'''. It has a capacity of 320&nbsp;Gbit/s as of January 2007, upgradeable to 640&nbsp;Gbit/s.

It has [[Cable landing point|landing points]] in:
#[[Bellport, New York|Bellport/Brookhaven]], [[New York (state)|New York]], United States
#[[Bude]], [[Cornwall]], United Kingdom

==References==
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* {{cite web|title=Transoceanic Services |url=http://www.level3.com/investor_relations/aboutlevel3/level3_network/transatlantic.html |accessdate=January 16, 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928011919/http://www.level3.com/investor_relations/aboutlevel3/level3_network/transatlantic.html |archivedate=September 28, 2007 }} 
* {{cite web | title=Level 3 International Connectivity | url=http://cdn1.level3.com/prod/App_Data/Replicated/MediaFiles/1/B/C/%7B1BC7C973-8BCE-4FDF-9132-997DB95CD13F%7Dlanding_station_map_002.pdf | accessdate=May 4, 2012 }}

{{Transatlantic telecommunications cables}}
{{Submarine communications cables in the Atlantic Ocean}}

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