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TAT-8 was AT&T's 8th transatlantic telephone cable,
in operation from 1988, initially carrying 40,000 telephone circuits (simultaneous calls) between USA and France.
This was the first transatlantic cable to use optical fibers,
a revolution in telecommunications.
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