BDSNi is a fiber optic submarine communications cable

Submarine communications cable

A submarine communications cable is a cable laid on the sea bed between land-based stations to carry telecommunication signals across stretches of ocean....

 system that links the islands of the Bahamas, and also provides connectivity to Haiti

Haiti

Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...

 via a spur connection.

Connection to Haiti

As of 2010, BDSNi provided Haiti's only direct fibre-optic connectivity.

The spur connection to Haiti was disrupted by the 2010 Haiti earthquake

2010 Haiti earthquake

The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake, with an epicentre near the town of Léogâne, approximately west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital. The earthquake occurred at 16:53 local time on Tuesday, 12 January 2010.By 24 January, at least 52 aftershocks...

, with the terminal in Port-au-Prince

Port-au-Prince

Port-au-Prince is the capital and largest city of the Caribbean nation of Haiti. The city's population was 704,776 as of the 2003 census, and was officially estimated to have reached 897,859 in 2009....

being completely destroyed.

External links

• http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-4749481/Tyco-to-build-Bahamas-Domestic.html
• http://www.haitiwebs.com/forums/business/41330-btc_commissions_domestic_submarine_network_inagua.html