Punta Carnero, Ecuador

Punta Carnero, Ecuador is a submarine cable landing point in Ecuador (coordinates -2.2729°, -80.9144°). It serves 2 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in Ecuador's international connectivity infrastructure.

Punta Carneros is a beach located in the Salinas County, in the Santa Elena Province of Ecuador. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Punta Carnero, Ecuador

Cables landing at Punta Carnero, Ecuador are operated by 3 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including Corporacion Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (CNT), Liberty Networks, Telxius. 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 Punta Carnero, Ecuador, international traffic can reach 9 countries through 2 cable systems. Destinations include Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Panama, Peru and 1 more.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Punta Carnero, Ecuador 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

• South America-1 (SAm-1) (2001) — South America-1 (SAm-1) is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 9 countries across South America, North America. With 16 landing points — including Arica, Barranquilla, Boca Raton, Fortaleza, Las Toninas, and 11 more — it forms one of the backbone links carrying international internet traffic between continents. Read more →
• PanAm South (1999) — PanAm South is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Panama and Ecuador. Landing at Panama City, Punta Carnero, 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.