AT&T Co reports that customer service will begin this weekend on the TAT-10 transatlantic fibre optic cable, – just five months after TAT-9 began service: the $300m system is the first direct fibre optic route between the US, Germany and the Netherlands, and connects Green Hill, Rhode Island with Norden, Germany and Alkmaar, Netherlands; service on the TAT-10 segment between Germany and the Netherlands is scheduled to start this autumn; a third cable system, TAT-11, is targeted for service next year to connect the US, the UK and France.
