Isla Verde, PR, United States

Isla Verde, PR, United States is a submarine cable landing point in United States (coordinates 18.4420°, -66.0169°). It serves 4 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in United States's international connectivity infrastructure.

Isla Verde is an urbanized, beachfront resort, commercial, and residential district with various upscale hotels and condominiums in the municipality of Carolina, where the main airport of Puerto Rico, the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, is located. Named after a small cay and reef near the shoreline, Isla Verde is about 3 to 6 miles east of the Hato Rey business center, Condado resort area, and Old San Juan historic quarter in the adjacent capital municipality of San Juan, between Los Corozos and San José Lagoons to the west and Torrecilla Lagoon to the east, which lies next to the state forest, beaches, and street food kiosks of the Piñones Afro-Puerto Rican community in the municipality of Loíza. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Isla Verde, PR, United States

Cables landing at Isla Verde, PR, United States are operated by 28 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including AT&T, Alestra, Altice Dominicana, Altice USA, Antelecom, Bahamas Telecommunications Company, Belize Telemedia, CANTV, Claro Dominicana (Codetel), Cogent, and 18 others. 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 Isla Verde, PR, United States, international traffic can reach 16 countries through 4 cable systems. Destinations include Bahamas, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Curaçao, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras and 8 more.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Isla Verde, PR, 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

• Sint Maarten Puerto Rico Network One (SMPR-1) (2004) — Sint Maarten Puerto Rico Network One (SMPR-1) is a regional submarine cable serving 3 countries: Saint Martin, United States, Sint Maarten. With landing points at Baie Longue, Isla Verde, Philipsburg, it strengthens regional internet resilience and provides route diversity — crucial when nearby cables experience faults. Read more →
• ARCOS (2001) — ARCOS is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 14 countries across Central America, South America, North America. With 24 landing points — including Belize City, Bluefields, Cancún, Cartagena, Cat Island, and 19 more — it forms one of the backbone links carrying international internet traffic between continents. Read more →
• Antillas 1 (1997) — Antillas 1 is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Dominican Republic and United States. Landing at Cacique, Isla Verde, Punta Cana, 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 →
• Taino-Carib (1992) — Taino-Carib is a submarine cable system operating within United States, with landing points at Condado Beach, Isla Verde, Magen’s Bay. 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.