Nassau, Bahamas

Nassau, Bahamas is a submarine cable landing point in Bahamas (coordinates 25.0670°, -77.3403°). It serves 3 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in Bahamas's international connectivity infrastructure.

Nassau is the capital and largest city of The Bahamas. It is on the island of New Providence, which has a population of 296,522, 74.26% of the country's total population. Nassau is commonly defined as a primate city, dwarfing all other towns in the country. It is the centre of commerce, education, law, administration, and media of the country. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Nassau, Bahamas

Cables landing at Nassau, Bahamas are operated by 20 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including AT&T, Alestra, Bahamas Telecommunications Company, Belize Telemedia, Bermuda Telephone Company (BTC), CANTV, Claro Dominicana (Codetel), Enitel, Hondutel, ICE (Kolbi), and 10 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 Nassau, Bahamas, international traffic can reach 15 countries through 3 cable systems. Destinations include Bahamas, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Curaçao, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti and 7 more.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Nassau, Bahamas 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

• Bahamas Domestic Submarine Network (BDSNi) (2006) — Bahamas Domestic Submarine Network (BDSNi) is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Bahamas and Haiti. Landing at Cat Island, Clarence Town, Cockburn Town, Duncan Town, Fresh Creek, and 10 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 →
• 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 →
• Bahamas 2 (1997) — Bahamas 2 is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Bahamas and United States. Landing at Eight-Mile Rock, Nassau, Vero Beach, 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 →

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