Chicago, IL, United States

Chicago, IL, United States is a submarine cable landing point in United States (coordinates 41.8842°, -87.6324°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in United States's international connectivity infrastructure.

Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. Located on the western shore of Lake Michigan, it is the third-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 2.74 million at the 2020 census. The Chicago metropolitan area has 9.41 million residents and is the third-largest metropolitan area in the country. Chicago is the seat of Cook County, the second-most populous county in the U.S. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Chicago, IL, United States, international traffic can reach 1 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include United States. This location depends on a single cable system — a characteristic that makes it strategically sensitive to physical disruptions.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Chicago, IL, United States in the past 90 days — all connected systems remained within normal latency thresholds. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• Lake Michigan Chicago Crossing (2028) — Lake Michigan Chicago Crossing is a submarine cable system operating within United States, with landing points at Benton Harbor, Chicago, St. Joseph. It provides dedicated submarine fiber capacity between these locations, supporting telecommunications, internet access, and enterprise connectivity. Read more →

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