Bull Bay, Jamaica

Bull Bay, Jamaica is a submarine cable landing point in Jamaica (coordinates 17.9499°, -76.6667°). It serves 4 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in Jamaica's international connectivity infrastructure.

Bull Bay is an area located on the southeast coast of Jamaica, 10 miles (16 km) to the east of Kingston on the border between St Andrew and St Thomas, beside Cow Bay. According to folklore, both bays were so named because cattle once roamed the whole area and were slaughtered to provide food for buccaneers and English colonists. Industry in the area includes quarrying for gypsum. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Bull Bay, Jamaica

Cables landing at Bull Bay, Jamaica are operated by 3 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including CW Cayman, CW Jamaica, Liberty Networks. Each cable is typically jointly owned by a consortium of tier-one carriers and hyperscale operators who share construction costs and capacity; the operator mix reflects both regional incumbents and global players with interest in the routes served by this landing point.

Connectivity profile

From Bull Bay, Jamaica, international traffic can reach 4 countries through 4 cable systems. Destinations include Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica.

Monitoring status

GeoCables recorded 1 monitoring event on cables serving Bull Bay, Jamaica in the past 90 days. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• Fibralink (2006) — Fibralink is a regional submarine cable serving 3 countries: Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic. With landing points at Bull Bay, Kaliko, Montego Bay, Ocho Rios, Puerto Plata, it strengthens regional internet resilience and provides route diversity — crucial when nearby cables experience faults. Read more →
• Cayman-Jamaica Fiber System (CJFS) (1997) — Cayman-Jamaica Fiber System (CJFS) is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Jamaica and Cayman Islands. Landing at Bull Bay, Cayman Brac, Half Moon Bay, Montego Bay, Ocho Rios, and 1 more, it provides a direct fiber-optic path between the two countries, serving as both a primary data route and a redundancy option for neighboring cable systems. Read more →
• JSCFS (1997) — JSCFS is a domestic submarine cable network within Jamaica, connecting 4 coastal and island locations including Black River, Bull Bay, Montego Bay, Negril. The system provides essential telecommunications infrastructure for communities that would otherwise depend entirely on satellite or microwave links. Read more →

Submarine cable data from TeleGeography. Geographic context from Wikipedia. Monitoring metrics updated continuously by GeoCables.