Seixal, Portugal
Landing Point · PT Portugal
Connected Cables
| Cable | Status |
|---|---|
| MainOne | Active |
| Tata TGN-Western Europe | Active |
| West Africa Cable System (WACS) | Active |
Live Performance
RTT measurements to this landing point from 2026-03-01 through 2026-10-16 - live ICMP round-trip time via our monitoring probes. Recomputed daily.
Measurement sources
| Probe | Location | Samples | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| #242 | control probe | 356 | 174.3 ms |
| own probe | Minsk BY | 183 | 125.2 ms |
| #6427 own probe | Sydney AU | 160 | 256.1 ms |
| own probe | Odessa UA | 159 | 75.7 ms |
| #7623 | control probe | 52 | 169.4 ms |
| own probe | Almaty KZ | 28 | 127.0 ms |
| own probe | Tbilisi GE | 27 | 109.7 ms |
| #14113 | control probe | 26 | 39.6 ms |
| own probe | Jerusalem IL | 18 | 118.0 ms |
| own probe | Moscow RU | 14 | 90.3 ms |
| #7062 own probe | Cape Town ZA | 13 | 179.6 ms |
| #6410 own probe | Sao Paulo BR | 12 | 204.1 ms |
| #6487 | control probe | 12 | 160.3 ms |
| own probe | Kyiv UA | 12 | 64.5 ms |
| own probe | Saint Petersburg RU | 11 | 70.0 ms |
| own probe | Balancer IL | 11 | 92.7 ms |
| own probe | Rostov RU | 10 | 115.7 ms |
| #868 | control probe | 5 | 142.3 ms |
| own probe | Sevastopol UA | 2 | 97.9 ms |
| #724 | control probe | 1 | 4.0 ms |
About Seixal, Portugal
Seixal, Portugal is a submarine cable landing point in Portugal (coordinates 38.6423°, -9.1074°). It serves 3 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in Portugal's international connectivity infrastructure.
Seixal is a Portuguese city and municipality, located in the district of Setúbal, in the metropolitan area of Lisbon. Its population includes 184,269 inhabitants (2011), in an area of 93.58 square kilometres (36.13 mi2) that includes six parishes. It is situated across the Tagus River estuary from Lisbon. Its seat is the city of Seixal, a centre of 31,600 inhabitants situated along the Rio Judeu. Wikipedia
Connected submarine cables
| Cable | RFS | Length | Owners |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Africa Cable System (WACS) | 2012 | 14,530 km | Altice Portugal, Angola Cables, Bayobab, … |
| MainOne | 2010 | 7,000 km | MainOne - An Equinix Company |
| Tata TGN-Western Europe | 2002 | 3,578 km | Tata Communications |
Operators landing at Seixal, Portugal
Cables landing at Seixal, Portugal are operated by 19 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including Altice Portugal, Angola Cables, Bayobab, Broadband Infraco, Camtel, Cape Verde Telecom, Congo Telecom, Liquid Intelligent Technologies, MainOne - An Equinix Company, Office Congolais de Poste et Télécommunication, 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 Seixal, Portugal, international traffic can reach 14 countries through 3 cable systems. Destinations include Angola, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, Dem. Rep., Ghana, Namibia, Nigeria and 6 more.
Monitoring status
No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Seixal, Portugal 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
- West Africa Cable System (WACS) (2012) - West Africa Cable System (WACS) is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 13 countries across West Africa, Europe, Southern Africa. With 13 landing points - including Abidjan, Accra, El Goro, Lagos, Limbe, and 8 more - it forms one of the backbone links carrying international internet traffic between continents. Read more →
- MainOne (2010) - MainOne is a cross-regional submarine cable connecting Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Senegal, Nigeria, Portugal. Its 5 landing points at Abidjan, Accra, Dakar, Lagos, Seixal bridge the networks of West Africa, Europe, providing an important path for international data traffic. Read more →
- Tata TGN-Western Europe (2002) - Tata TGN-Western Europe is a regional submarine cable serving 3 countries: Spain, United Kingdom, Portugal. With landing points at Bilbao, Highbridge, Seixal, it strengthens regional internet resilience and provides route diversity - crucial when nearby cables experience faults. Read more →
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Landing Point
- CountryPT Portugal
- Coordinates38.6423°N 9.1074°W
- Connected Cables3
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