Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic

Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic is a submarine cable landing point in Dominican Republic (coordinates 19.7993°, -70.6912°). It serves 3 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in Dominican Republic's international connectivity infrastructure.

Puerto Plata, officially known as San Felipe de Puerto Plata; is a major coastal city in the Dominican Republic, and capital of the Puerto Plata Province. The city is a major trading port as well as a tourism hub; Puerto Plata has resorts such as Playa Dorada and Costa Dorada, which are located east of the city proper. There are 100,000 hotel beds in the city. The first aerial tramway of the Caribbean is located in Puerto Plata, in which visitors can ride up to the Pico Isabel de Torres, a 793-meter (2600-foot) high mountain within the city. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic

Cables landing at Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic are operated by 20 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including AT&T, Alestra, América Móvil (Claro), Bahamas Telecommunications Company, Belize Telemedia, 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 Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, international traffic can reach 17 countries through 3 cable systems. Destinations include Bahamas, Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Curaçao, Dominican Republic, Guatemala and 9 more.

Monitoring status

GeoCables recorded 1 monitoring event on cables serving Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic in the past 90 days. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• America Movil Submarine Cable System-1 (AMX-1) (2014) — America Movil Submarine Cable System-1 (AMX-1) is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 7 countries across South America, Central America, North America. With 15 landing points — including Barranquilla, Cancún, Cartagena, Fortaleza, Hollywood, and 10 more — it forms one of the backbone links carrying international internet traffic between continents. Read more →
• Fibralink (2006) — Fibralink is a regional submarine cable serving 3 countries: Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic. With landing points at Bull Bay, Kaliko, Montego Bay, Ocho Rios, Puerto Plata, 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 →

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