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{{Infobox Submarine communications cable
| cable_name     = AC-1
| map            = AC-1-route.png
| landing_points =
{{unbulleted list
| '''1.''' {{flagicon|US}} [[Shirley, New York]] (Brookhaven Cable Stn.)
| '''2.''' {{flagicon|UK}} [[Whitesand Bay]], [[Cornwall]], England (Land's End Cable Stn.)
| '''3.''' {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Westerland (Germany)|Westerland]], [[Schleswig-Holstein]]
| '''4.''' {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Beverwijk]] (KPN Telecom Cable Stn.)
}}
| owners           = Tyco / Level 3 Communications
| technology       = Fiber optics
| design_capacity  = 40&nbsp;Gbit/s
| current_capacity = 120&nbsp;Gbit/s
| length           = 14,000 km
| topology         = unknown
| first_use_date   = {{Start date|1999}}
}}

'''Atlantic Crossing 1''' ('''AC-1''') is an [[fiber optics|optical]] [[submarine communications cable|submarine telecommunications cable system]] linking the United States and three European countries. 

It transports speech and data traffic between the U.S., the U.K., the Netherlands and Germany.<ref>{{cite news |author=Staff writer |author-link=Staff writer |url=http://www.rtl.nl/(/actueel/rtlnieuws/binnenland/)/components/actueel/rtlnieuws/2010/12_december/06/binnenland/haven-rotterdam-van-belang-voor-vs.xml |title=VS Wijst Knelpunten Nederland Aan |language=nl |newspaper=[[RTL Nieuws]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930072322/http://www.rtl.nl/(/actueel/rtlnieuws/binnenland/)/components/actueel/rtlnieuws/2010/12_december/06/binnenland/haven-rotterdam-van-belang-voor-vs.xml |archive-date=2012-09-30 |access-date=16 December 2010}}</ref> It is one of several [[transatlantic communications cable]]s. It was operated by American company [[Level 3 Communications]] and Irish company [[Tyco International]], until their respective mergers in 2017 and 2016 with other companies.

It has [[Cable landing point|landing points]] in:
# Brookhaven Cable Station, [[Shirley, New York|Shirley]], [[New York (state)|New York]], United States
# Land's End Cable Station, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
# [[Westerland (Germany)|Westerland]] Cable Station, [[Schleswig-Holstein]], Germany
# KPN Telecom cable station, [[Beverwijk]], Netherlands

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite web | title=ATLANTIC CROSSING (AC-1) CABLE SYSTEM EXPANDS INTO THE NETHERLANDS | url=http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=18389 | access-date=February 5, 2006 }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927121028if_/http://www.globalcrossing.com/news/1997/march/Release_AC-1_03-20-97_final.pdf Global Crossing Press Release]
* [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BFP/is_1999_August_30/ai_55603439 Global Crossing Completes Upgrade on Trans-Atlantic Route]

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