| Cable type | Fibre-optic |
|---|---|
| Fate | Cancelled |
| Construction finished | July 16, 2014 (planned)[1] |
| Design capacity | 512 Tbit/s per cable |
| Lit capacity | 120 Gbit/s |
| Built by | TE Subcom |
| Landing points | Auckland Sydney Los Angeles |
| Area served | Southern Pacific |
| Owner(s) | Pacific Fibre |
| Website | Pacific Fibre.net |
Pacific Fibre is a New Zealand-based company that proposed to build a trans-Pacific undersea communications cable that was to have competed with the Southern Cross Cable operated by Telecom New Zealand. The cable would have totalled 12,750 km (7,920 miles) in length, and the initial investment was projected to be US$350 million. Customers included Vodafone New Zealand, Australian ISP iiNet, and the Kiwi Advanced Research and Education Network in New Zealand.[1]