Apollo is an optical submarine communications cable system crossing the Atlantic Ocean, owned by Apollo Submarine Cable System Ltd (a joint venture between Cable & Wireless Worldwide and Alcatel). It consists of 2 segments North and South, creating two fully diverse transatlantic paths. In early 2006, Level 3 Communications announced its purchase of 300 Gbit/s of capacity between Apollo North and Apollo South with an option to purchase up 300 Gbit/s of future capacity. This acquisition gives Level 3 a transatlantic path that does not pass through either London or New York City, which is desirable to carriers due to network diversity concerns. This purchase represents the single largest transaction of sub-sea capacity in history without laying new cable. Principal access points Apollo has principal access points at the following locations: United States 111 8th Avenue 60 Hudson Street 165 Halsey Street 2100 M Street, Washington DC Equinix, Ashburn US cable stations in Shirley, New York and Manasquan, New Jersey United Kingdom Telehouse West Global Switch Telecity Harbour Exchange Cable station in Cornwall Equinix, Slough France Global Switch Interxion SFR Netcenter Telehouse 1, 2 and 3 Equinix, Paris Security breach In February 2018, The Sunday Times reported that the infrastructure for the UK landing site of the Apollo, GLO-1 and Europe India Gateway cables had been found almost entirely unprotected. Their reporter was able to reach the premises without being challenged, and found the door to the generator room unlocked and left ajar. Vodafone, who manage the facility, said that he had not reached critical equipment and "would not have been able to interrupt the operation of the facility." References External links http://transition.fcc.gov/Bureaus/International/Orders/2001/da011395.txt Submarine communications cables in the North Atlantic Ocean United Kingdom–United States relations France–United States relations France–United Kingdom relations 2003 establishments in England 2003 establishments in France 2003 establishments in New Jersey 2003 establishments in New York (state)