Hibernia Atlantic to Host the TransAtlantic150 in New York City To Commemorate the...

Hibernia Atlantic to Host the TransAtlantic150 in New York City To Commemorate the First Undersea TransAtlantic Cable from 1858

SUMMIT, N.J. & DUBLIN, Ireland--(Business Wire)--
On September 8, 2008 Hibernia will pay homage to its founding
forefather, Undersea Cable Pioneer, Cyrus West Field by Hosting an
Honorary Black Tie affair dubbed the "TransAtlantic 150". This
anniversary event will be held at the world renowned New York
Historical Society Library. Hibernia hopes to bring more awareness to
what their business is founded upon as well as reflect on just how far
the industry has come in the last 150 years.

In 1854 Mr. Field developed the first undersea cable and in 1858
he arranged for Queen Victoria to send the first transatlantic message
to the President of the Unites States, James Buchanan. As the very
first cable connecting Great Britain to the United States, Queen
Victoria expressed her congratulatory sentiments and said "the
electric cable which now connects Great Britain with the Unites States
will prove an additional link between the nations". Mr. Buchanan was
so pleased with the Queen's reply and what it meant that he called for
a 100 gun salute in Central Park the morning after the message was
received.

The original TransAtlantic route from Valentia, Ireland to Trinity
Bay, Newfoundland 150 years ago closely follows that of Hibernia
Atlantic's undersea route today from Dublin, Ireland to Halifax, Nova
Scotia. To view Atlantic Telegraph's map of the position of the cable
from London to New York, please click here.

If you are the media or press and would like more information
regarding Hibernia Atlantic's TransAtlantic150, please visit
www.transatlantic150.com

Please note that this celebration is an invite-only event for
honored guests and dignitaries.

About Hibernia Atlantic

Hibernia Atlantic is a privately held, US-owned, TransAtlantic
submarine and terrestrial cable network, with over 52 redundant
network Points of Presence throughout Canada, US, UK and Europe.
Hibernia provides dedicated Ethernet and optical-level service up to
GigE, 10G and LanPhy wavelengths and traditional Sonet/SDH services.
For more information on Hibernia Atlantic's cutting-edge network,
please visit www.hiberniaatlantic.com.

To view Hibernia's corporate overview video, please click here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0xVMLEfFrk&eurl=http://www.hiberniaatl
antic.com (Due to its length, this URL may need to be copied/pasted
into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if
one exists.)

Hibernia Atlantic
Melissa Butler, 908-988-1990
melissa.butler@hiberniaatlantic.com

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