July 22nd, 2010 
Gary Optic
Optic
How to choose a location for fiber-optic landing point ?
What are the parameters to determine a location to be a Landing Point for Submarine Fiber-optic communication cable ?
The first step in route planning is referred to as the Desk Top Study. This is primarily a data search to evaluate potential landing points near the desired connection sites and apparently viable routes between them. It is common practice to visit the prospective landing points at this stage, and to begin communicating with local authorities and other users.
Selecting a new landing point and marine route typically includes consideration of environmental and other marine and land-based issues. Relevant environmental issues
include environmental restrictions on land and the desirability of avoiding NMSs, known wrecks, reefs or other hard-bottom areas, and other identified environmentally sensitive areas. Other relevant marine issues include bottom topography (e.g., avoiding sewer outfalls, pipelines, slopes prone to rockslides, etc.) and competing uses (e.g., areas where trawling, dredging, or anchoring increase risks to the cable). Relevant land-based issues include the ability to connect to customers, either through an existing cable landing station or through constructing a new station and “backhaul” route (connecting the station to new or existing land-based, high capacity cable routes).
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