Punto Fijo, Venezuela

Punto Fijo, Venezuela is a submarine cable landing point in Venezuela (coordinates 11.7086°, -70.2044°). It serves 2 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in Venezuela's international connectivity infrastructure.

Punto Fijo is the capital city of the municipality of Carirubana in northern Falcón State, Venezuela. It is located on the southwestern coast of the Paraguaná Peninsula. Its metropolitan area includes the parishes of Norte, Carirubana, Punta Cardón and the parish of Judibana in the municipality of Los Taques. Punto Fijo is the largest city in Falcón State. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Punto Fijo, Venezuela

Cables landing at Punto Fijo, Venezuela are operated by 19 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including AT&T, Alestra, Bahamas Telecommunications Company, Belize Telemedia, CANTV, Claro Dominicana (Codetel), Enitel, Hondutel, ICE (Kolbi), Internexa, and 9 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 Punto Fijo, Venezuela, international traffic can reach 14 countries through 2 cable systems. Destinations include Bahamas, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Curaçao, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras and 6 more.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Punto Fijo, Venezuela 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

• 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 →
• Venezuelan Festoon (1998) — Venezuelan Festoon is a domestic submarine cable network within Venezuela, connecting 12 coastal and island locations including Cabimas, Camuri, Carúpano, Chichiriviche, Coro, and 7 more. The system provides essential telecommunications infrastructure for communities that would otherwise depend entirely on satellite or microwave links. Read more →

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