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{{short description|Submarine fibre optic cable system}}
[[Image:ECFS-route.png|right|250px]]
'''ECFS''' ('''East Caribbean Fiber System''') is a network of [[Optical communications repeater|repeaterless]] [[fiber optic]] [[submarine communications cable]] that interconnects fourteen (14) eastern [[Caribbean]] islands.  The cable is 1730&nbsp;km (1075&nbsp;mi) in length and runs from the [[British Virgin Islands]] to [[Trinidad]] in ten (10) segments.  It was first installed in September 1995 and was scheduled to be upgraded by [http://www.xtera.com Xtera Communications] as of April 25, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lightwaveonline.com/articles/2013/04/ecfs-consortium-picks-xtera-to-upgrade-caribbean-subsea-fiber-op.html |last=Lightwave |publisher=[[PennWell Corporation]] | title=ECFS Consortium Picks Xtera to Upgrade Caribbean Subsea Fiber-Optic Cable System |date=April 25, 2013 | access-date=June 1, 2013}}</ref>
== Landing points ==
#[[Tortola]], [[British Virgin Islands]]
#[[Anguilla]]
#[[Saint Martin (island)|St. Martin]]
#[[St. Kitts & Nevis]]
#[[Antigua]]
#[[Montserrat]]
#[[Guadeloupe]]
#[[Dominica]]
#[[Martinique]]
#[[St. Lucia]]
#[[Barbados]]
#[[Saint Vincent (island)|St. Vincent]]
#[[Grenada]]
#[[Trinidad]]
==See also==
* [[Cable & Wireless (Caribbean)|Cable & Wireless]]
* [[List of international submarine communications cables]]
==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|https://www.cwnetworks.com/network-systems/ecfs/}}
* [https://www.submarinecablemap.com/submarine-cable/eastern-caribbean-fiber-system-ecfs Submarine Cable Map]
{{Submarine communications cables in the Atlantic Ocean}}
[[Category:Liberty Latin America]]
[[Category:Submarine communications cables in the Caribbean Sea]]
[[Category:1995 establishments in North America]]
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