Phetchaburi, Thailand

Phetchaburi, Thailand: Submarine Cable Landing Point

Phetchaburi is a town in southern Thailand, located approximately 160 kilometres south of Bangkok at the northern end of the Thai peninsula, serving as the capital of Phetchaburi Province. Its coastal position along the Gulf of Thailand makes it a viable landing point for submarine cable infrastructure. One submarine cable lands at Phetchaburi, connecting it to Thailand's domestic submarine network.

The single cable landing at Phetchaburi forms part of a domestic corridor, linking points within Thailand rather than extending to international destinations. This places Phetchaburi in the category of a domestically oriented landing point, supporting intra-national connectivity along the Thai coastline.

Cables Landing at Phetchaburi

The Thailand Domestic Submarine Cable Network (TDSCN) is the sole submarine cable landing at Phetchaburi. The cable has a total length of 884 km and reached its ready-for-service date in 2001, with its status noted as draft. All endpoints on this cable are located within Thailand, confirming its role as a purely domestic submarine cable system rather than an international link. No additional technical specifications are attributed to this cable in the available record.

Regional Context

Within Thailand's submarine cable landscape, which spans 16 cables across 7 landing points, Phetchaburi ranks alongside Chumphon, Koh Samui, and Rayong as a single-cable landing point. By comparison, Songkhla hosts 9 cables and Satun hosts 7, making those two locations the dominant hubs in the Thai submarine cable network. Phetchaburi sits in the upper half of Thai landing points by cable count, ranking within the top 57 percent nationally.

Network Role

Phetchaburi functions as a single-cable terminus within Thailand's domestic submarine cable graph, connecting to other Thai landing points via the TDSCN rather than serving as a gateway to international traffic. Its role is specifically confined to domestic intra-country connectivity, as all endpoints on its cable remain within Thailand's borders.

As one of several Thai landing points that each host a single domestic cable, Phetchaburi contributes to the redundancy and geographic distribution of Thailand's internal submarine network. Its position at the northern end of the Thai peninsula means it helps bridge connectivity between the Bangkok-adjacent regions and the more southerly landing points along the Gulf of Thailand coast, reinforcing the reach of the TDSCN across the full length of the peninsula.