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CANTAT-2 was the second Canadian transatlantic telephone cable,in operation from 1974 to 1992.It could carry 1,840 simultaneous telephone callsbetween Beaver Harbour, Nova Scotia and England. The parties involved were (now Teleglobe) and the British General Post Office. The cable was rerouted to Sable Island as for a period, and was eventually decommissioned.

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  • CANTAT-2 was the second Canadian transatlantic telephone cable,in operation from 1974 to 1992.It could carry 1,840 simultaneous telephone callsbetween Beaver Harbour, Nova Scotia and England. The parties involved were (now Teleglobe) and the British General Post Office. The cable was rerouted to Sable Island as for a period, and was eventually decommissioned. The work on the U.K. end of the cable involved an accident in which Pisces III, engaged in repeater burial of the newly laid cable on the shelf off Ireland, sank. The submersible sank in 1,575 ft (480.1 m) of water and was recovered with the crew safe after 76 hours. (en)
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  • CANTAT-2 was the second Canadian transatlantic telephone cable,in operation from 1974 to 1992.It could carry 1,840 simultaneous telephone callsbetween Beaver Harbour, Nova Scotia and England. The parties involved were (now Teleglobe) and the British General Post Office. The cable was rerouted to Sable Island as for a period, and was eventually decommissioned. (en)
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