Landing Point · US United States
| Cable | Status |
|---|---|
| Nome to Homer Express (NTHE) | Planned |
RTT measurements to this landing point from 2026-05-15 through 2026-06-15 - live ICMP round-trip time via RIPE Atlas probes. Recomputed daily. ✓ No anomalies detected in the monitored period.
| Probe | Location | Samples | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1014473 own probe | Minsk BY | 3 | 149.9 ms |
| #1015523 own probe | Moscow RU | 3 | 141.6 ms |
| #6410 own probe | Sao Paulo BR | 2 | 144.6 ms |
| #7062 own probe | Cape Town ZA | 2 | 259.0 ms |
| #1014589 own probe | Almaty KZ | 2 | 212.1 ms |
| #1014597 own probe | Tbilisi GE | 1 | 172.6 ms |
| #1014969 own probe | Jerusalem IL | 1 | 178.9 ms |
Emmonak is a city in the Kusilvak Census Area of Alaska, United States, situated in one of the most remote coastal regions of the country. As a submarine cable landing point, it connects into a domestic cable corridor that links communities along the Alaskan coast. One submarine cable is associated with Emmonak, the Nome to Homer Express (NTHE), a planned domestic system that will serve multiple points within the state of Alaska.
Because both endpoints of the NTHE cable lie within the United States, Emmonak's submarine cable connection is entirely domestic in character, enabling intra-state connectivity rather than intercontinental or international links. This positions Emmonak as part of an emerging effort to extend undersea fiber infrastructure to remote Alaskan communities that have historically been underserved by high-capacity telecommunications networks.
The Nome to Homer Express (NTHE) is the sole submarine cable serving Emmonak. Stretching approximately 1,545 km, the system has a projected ready-for-service (RFS) date of 2027 and is currently in draft status. The cable connects multiple landing points entirely within the United States, linking Alaskan communities along its route. As a domestic intra-state cable, NTHE is designed to bring improved submarine fiber capacity to communities in Alaska, including Emmonak, that lie far from major terrestrial network hubs.
Within the United States, which hosts 113 submarine cables across 160 landing points, Emmonak is a single-cable landing point. Major U.S. cable hubs such as Boca Raton, FL, and San Juan, PR, each accommodate eight cables, while Hermosa Beach, CA, Kapolei, HI, and Myrtle Beach, SC, each serve five. Emmonak ranks in the top 69% of U.S. landing points by cable count, reflecting that while it hosts only one cable, a significant number of American landing points also serve limited cable connections.
Emmonak functions as a single-cable terminus on the planned NTHE system, a domestic Alaskan cable corridor. Its network role is defined entirely by this one connection, which, upon completion in 2027, will integrate Emmonak into a submarine fiber route stretching over 1,545 km along the Alaskan coast. The cable does not provide international or intercontinental reach but instead addresses intra-state connectivity across a geographically vast and sparsely populated region.
As a landing point, Emmonak represents the extension of submarine cable infrastructure into remote Alaskan territory. Its inclusion in the NTHE system places it within the broader Alaskan domestic cable graph, where undersea routes serve as a practical alternative to long terrestrial or aerial connections across difficult terrain.
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