Landing Point · JM Jamaica
| Cable | Status |
|---|---|
| Cayman-Jamaica Fiber System (CJFS) | Active |
| Fibralink | Active |
| Jamaica Submarine Cable Festoon System (JSCFS) | Planned |
| JSCFS | Active |
RTT measurements to this landing point from 2026-03-28 through 2026-10-03 - live ICMP round-trip time via our monitoring probes. Recomputed daily. ✓ No anomalies detected in the monitored period.
| Probe | Location | Samples | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| own probe | Minsk BY | 10 | 34.0 ms |
| #6410 own probe | Sao Paulo BR | 8 | 32.7 ms |
| #6427 own probe | Sydney AU | 7 | 70.6 ms |
| own probe | Saint Petersburg RU | 6 | 7.9 ms |
| #6487 | control probe | 4 | 0.8 ms |
| own probe | Almaty KZ | 3 | 10.6 ms |
| own probe | Tbilisi GE | 2 | 25.6 ms |
| own probe | Jerusalem IL | 2 | 4.8 ms |
| #1015496 | control probe | 2 | 5.6 ms |
| #1015500 | control probe | 2 | 39.3 ms |
| #1015501 | control probe | 2 | 22.3 ms |
| own probe | Moscow RU | 2 | 0.4 ms |
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
| Cable | RFS | Length | Owners |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fibralink | 2006 | 1,102 km | Liberty Networks |
| Cayman-Jamaica Fiber System (CJFS) | 1997 | 1,197 km | CW Cayman, CW Jamaica |
| JSCFS | 1997 | 342 km | CW Jamaica |
| Jamaica Submarine Cable Festoon System (JSCFS) | - | - | - |
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.
From Bull Bay, Jamaica, international traffic can reach 4 countries through 4 cable systems. Destinations include Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica.
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.
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Significant incidents on cables landing here, each with its own report.
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