| 单词 | fiber-optic |
| 例句 | It was actually the coincidence of the dot-com boom and the Telecommunications Act of 1996 that launched the fiber-optic bubble. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z The calls are transferred here by satellite and undersea fiber-optic cable. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Few companies got crazier than Global Crossing, one of the companies hired by all these new telecoms to lay fiber-optic cable for them around the world. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z This led to the dot-com stock bubble and a massive overinvestment in the fiber-optic cable needed to carry all the new digital information. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Even using the Plug’s high-bandwidth fiber-optic connection, the total estimated upload time for ten zettabytes of data was over three hours. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z At one end of the fiber-optic system is a transmitter. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z So when the dotcom bust came along, there was just way too much fiber-optic cable out there. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z The glinting fiber-optic lights inside the limo continued to change, cycling through their set of dim colors. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Other microphones capture foghorns, sea gulls and breaking waves, while fiber-optic cables and a microwave transmitter channel the symphony into a room at Fort Point. Art Show Celebrates 75 Years of the Golden Gate 2012-06-10T04:27:04Z Wohlleben describes “fungi that operate like fiber-optic internet cables,” linking many species by sending chemical and electrical signals through fungal networks and root tips. Photos, Gardens, Birds, Trees: What’s Happening in the Great Outdoors 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z If they continue to hide in fiber-optic fortresses, how will they ever build real community with strangers? Teaching civility: two daring assignments A doctor used to look at the vocal cords using a handheld mirror, but in recent years small cameras attached to fiber-optic cables have been developed, which snake through the nose into the throat. Why Voices of Singers Like Adele and John Mayer Are Stilled 2011-11-19T00:03:47Z The stars themselves are created by more than a thousand strands of fiber-optic cables in varying diameters to enhance the realistic star effects. Michael Bay’s 40-Seat Digital Theater 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z Not surprisingly, the project, though real and apparently dear to Nessa's heart, is mostly a fiber-optic MacGuffin; there are more layers of money, murder and political manipulation at work than sheets of phyllo in baklava. Sundance's 'The Honorable Woman' a brave foray into conflict 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z Atmospheric effects achieved with lighting, diaphanous or ephemeral materials or lasers, and fiber-optic cables lend the museum a runway glamour. Art Review | 'Contemplating the Void': Take This Museum and Shape It 2010-02-19T05:56:00Z The China they describe in their memoirs no longer exists, covered by layers of concrete, glass and fiber-optic cables that have tethered even the most isolated farmer to the modern age. Eyewitnesses to America’s Greatest International Competitor 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z Mr. Shirow’s comics are complex and dense, with digressions into computer security, thermo-optical camouflage, the use of “fiber-optic film to detect pressure and temperature in cyborgs,” and the like. The Live-Action Birth of ‘Ghost in the Shell’ 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z AT&T has a small toehold in cable service via its fiber-optic lines, while DirecTV is not a competitor in offering broadband services. Consumers and experts weigh in on AT&T-DirecTV deal 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z Google renamed itself Topeka, an ironic one-upmanship with the Kansas city, which renamed itself "Google, Kan." in March to help lure the company's experimental fiber-optic network. Web gets April Fools' makeover of goofy hoaxes 2010-04-01T17:11:00Z Kansas City government was willing to grant the company a nearly regulation-free contract to install citywide fiber-optic service. Julian Assange’s latest wake-up call 2013-04-30T17:42:00Z AT&T executives pledge that the deal will be consumer friendly since it would transform the telecom giant into a one-stop shop for satellite-TV service, wireless, phone and fiber-optic broadband. Consumers and experts weigh in on AT&T-DirecTV deal 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z It became his most nightclubby gym, with the weight room swathed in theatrical shadows, D.J.’s pumping dance music at night and a fiber-optic light show in the steam room. The Man Who Made Working Out Cool 2011-04-27T23:27:25Z He originally used a fiber-optic viewer intended for medical examinations. The Invention That Shot Rocky Up Those Steps 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z By night, the fiber-optic lighting sets the pool aglow as the centerpiece of a rooftop bar. Deal Alert: Visit The South's Best Pools 2011-05-18T13:20:14.187Z Deep inside a grimy ocean, industrial divers float around pipes holding fiber-optic cables, the veins of our information era. ‘Users’ Review: Brave New World 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z Later he dons a high-tech supervillain suit complete with fiber-optic whips and a breastplate like Iron Man’s, but none of that can match the silky menace of his line readings. Movie Review: Superhero Sequel With Robert Downey Jr. and Mickey Rourke 2010-05-06T19:33:00Z Instead he spoke enthusiastically about the fiber-optic cable connection at his home office in Santa Monica, Calif., which he uses for high-quality interviews by phone, and why he never wants to retire fully. Miss the Music of the Doors? There’s an iPad App for That 2013-05-06T22:10:15Z Bell Labs developed the first communications satellites, the first cellular telephone systems and the first fiber-optic cable systems. Books of The Times: ?The Idea Factory,? by Jon Gertner 2012-03-19T21:54:23Z I had to drill each hole and put in fiber-optic lights. Q&A: Vanilla Ice Flips Houses on Reality Show The Vanilla Ice Project 2013-01-25T14:15:31Z “I’m very into the Gilded Age,” said Kris Svendsen, a fiber-optic technician by day who had just had his vest hand-sewn by a vintage specialist tailor. Regilding the Gilded Age in New York 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z This exhilarating setup is infected with all kinds of destructive malware, but for a while, the story races along Carey’s fiber-optic lines. Book review: ‘Amnesia,’ Peter Carey’s novel about cybercrime 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z Blum investigates the physical architecture of the online world, exploring "corrugated steel buildings, yellow fiber-optic cables, and basement vaults." 'Tubes': exploring the physical infrastructure of the Internet 2012-11-14T20:39:03Z Mr. Winnick started Global Crossing without a background in telecommunications but with an ambitious goal: to build the world’s first privately financed global fiber-optic network. Gary Winnick, Who Won and Lost With Global Crossing, Dies at 76 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z More recently, scientists have made fiber-optic cable materials in space that can transmit lasers and Internet signals with enhanced clarity. What It Takes to Grow Crystals in Space 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z These networks are expected to operate at a fraction of the cost of 5G, which relies mainly on ground-based fiber-optic cables and cellular towers. New 6G Networks Are in the Works. Can They Destroy Dead Zones for Good? 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z The area had no fiber-optic connection to Ghana’s telecommunications network. How West Africa Can Reap More Profit From the Global Chocolate Market 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z The outage was caused by fiber-optic cables being severed Tuesday, Libya’s state-owned telecommunications company said. Communication outage hits flood-stricken city in Libya, further complicating search efforts 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z The heat and flames from wildfires tend to rise upward, so they do not usually damage underground fiber-optic cables. How Fires, Floods and Hurricanes Create Deadly Pockets of Information Isolation 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z Officials for Spectrum, an internet, TV and phone provider, reported finding fiber-optic cable lines cut in Hesperia, which the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department is investigating as vandalism, agency spokesperson Mara Rodriguez said. Slashed fiber-optic cables blamed for phone, internet outages in SoCal's high desert 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z But Nokia executives said the costs of moving production to the U.S. were relatively small as the major expense for the internet infrastructure involves construction labor and fiber-optic cables. Joe Biden’s ‘Buy America’ policy on infrastructure projects leads to factory jobs in Wisconsin 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z Since then, Chinese researchers have published thousands of papers demonstrating critical advances, including, in 2021, the use of a “space-to-ground quantum communication network” linking satellites to a fiber-optic cable connecting Shanghai to Beijing. Quantum Tech Intended for National Security Is Testing U.S. Alliances 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z The Golden fire, which started on Saturday, damaged an estimated six miles of fiber-optic cable and more than 100 power poles, Lake County officials said on Tuesday. Oregon Wildfire Destroys Dozens of Homes and Disrupts 911 Service 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z The collapse also cut two major fiber-optic lines. Work begins to clean up train derailment in Montana’s Yellowstone River 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z In rural areas, difficult terrain makes it expensive to lay fiber-optic cables that would improve internet quality, and smaller populations yield less of a return on investment for service providers. Slow internet? WA to get $1.2B to improve broadband internet service 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Among the newer operators in the auto cluster is the fiber-optic cable producer ZTT Group, an active player in Beijing’s grand plan to crisscross the planet with Belt and Road infrastructure. Morocco opens doors to businesses from both sides of the new Cold War 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z These properties of glass are why people use it to make everything from smartphone screens and fiber-optic cables to vials that hold vaccines. Neither a solid nor a liquid, glass is a complicated material still surprising scientists 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Along with replacing the rail, crews will be installing fiber-optic cables. Metrorail will close four Orange Line stations in northern Virginia to replace 40-year-old rail 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z Yet in March, the board granted Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell’s request for 60 days more to weigh South Lake Union train-station sites that would either block traffic, or encroach on buried fiber-optic lines. Lake Forest Park neighbors denounce bus-lane plan that removes trees 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z Two state investigations are looking into potential conflicts of interest among port officials and a former county commissioner, who own a company called Windwave Communications that provides fiber-optic service to Amazon’s local data centers. Oregon cuts Amazon $1B in tax breaks for 5 new data centers 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z Guantánamo, behind a Cuban minefield, relies on the United States for its services — from communications via a fiber-optic cable from Florida to health care, food, fuel, household goods, even entertainment. War Court Proceedings Stream to Guantánamo From a Secret Chamber in Virginia 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Quantum networking uses subatomic matter to deliver data in a way that goes beyond today’s fiber-optic systems. Amazon looks to grow diamonds in bid to boost computer networks 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z Leeches eat through fiber-optic cables only to become celebrities, interviewed on television. Review | 5 new short-story collections revel in the range of sci-fi and fantasy 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z But technological advances — the internet and fiber-optic lines — made foreigners’ messages available on domestic networks, where FISA’s warrant rule applied. Security Agencies and Congress Brace for Fight Over Expiring Surveillance Law 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z In a letter to the state ethics commission last month, Healy and Padberg said their company does have a deal to provide most of the fiber-optic service to one new Amazon data center. Oregon cuts Amazon $1B in tax breaks for 5 new data centers 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z Using fiber-optic sensors, the robot can detect when its material has been punctured. Soft Robots Take Steps toward Independence 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z The flow of digital information through fiber-optic cables lining the sea floor could be compromised by climate change. Global Internet Connectivity Is at Risk from Climate Disasters 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z The infrastructure legislation includes broader requirements for the use of American-made construction materials, including copper, drywall and fiber-optic cables, in federally funded projects. Biden’s ‘Buy America’ bid runs into manufacturing woes it aims to fix 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z From it springs a web of underground fiber-optic cables linking to the region’s growing number of data centers and to trans-Atlantic cables that connect Northern Virginia to other parts of the world. Northern Va. is the heart of the internet. Not everyone is happy about that. 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z Sophisticated rescue teams will use microphones to pick up faint noises, while specially trained dogs and fiber-optic cameras pick up heat inside mounds of debris. In earthquake rescues, noisy gear and digging, then silence 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z That’s because of its proximity to existing infrastructure, including Interstate 15, two transmission lines, a distribution line, wireless cellular communications towers, a fiber-optic line, a fuel pipeline and a telephone line. Can bighorns, a bullet train and a huge solar farm coexist in the Mojave Desert? 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z Metro officials said fiber-optic cable couldn’t have been installed at that time because it requires taking track apart, which was in use to move equipment. Spring, summer projects will close several Metro stations for weeks 2023-01-28T05:00:00Z The transit agency said it plans to replace rail, install fiber-optic cables and upgrade stations this summer across the system. Metro plans summer safety work as tensions resurface with regulator 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z Each new data center built has meant more fiber-optic cable laid, increasing the network’s density while broadening it outward — “and it becomes this kind of snowballing of connectivity,” he said. Northern Va. is the heart of the internet. Not everyone is happy about that. 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z The attack involved snipping fiber-optic phone lines and firing shots into the PG&E substation. EXPLAINER: US power grid has long faced terror threat 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z Another Pacific nation, Tonga, was knocked offline by a volcanic eruption in January, which severed the only fiber-optic cable connecting it to the world. 3 Weeks After Hack, This Island Nation’s Government Is Still Off-line 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z He started the first express trains, added more electric trams and put down the country’s first fiber-optic cables along the tracks. Ukraine’s 15,000-Mile Lifeline 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z Bellevue-based T-Mobile, the nation’s second-largest wireless carrier, is exploring options to create a fiber-optic network, either through a joint venture or a commercial partnership, according to people familiar with the matter. Seeking fiber-optic venture, T-Mobile may be coming to homes soon 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z In the future, smaller “edge data centers” serving self-driving vehicles from one location to the next and connected via fiber-optic cables to larger data centers will also become part of the local landscape, he said. Northern Va. is the heart of the internet. Not everyone is happy about that. 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z Social media is coming to the heights of Mount Kilimanjaro with the the installation of high-speed fiber-optic Wi-Fi. News Briefs from around the World: November 2022 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z The vulnerability of fiber-optic cables, especially those underwater, and other key infrastructure has been highlighted by the sabotage last month in the Baltic Sea of natural gas pipelines from Russia. French police probe multiple cuts of major internet cables 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z The glassy ceiling of the ice’s underside scrolled past on her video monitor as Icefin glided along, sending video up its fiber-optic tether. Antarctica’s Collapse Could Begin Even Sooner Than Anticipated 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z Those clumps were then injected into rat brains, and after three months the scientists threaded ultrathin fiber-optic cables into the rat brains so the researchers could beam in blue light. Transplant of human brain tissue into rats could help study autism, other disorders 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z In fact, Norway has suspected the Russian navy damaged its undersea fiber-optic cables earlier this year. Opinion | Undersea pipeline sabotage demands the West prepare for more attacks 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z These are among many comments touting a supposed manufacturing comeback, based on recently-announced plans for factories that will produce semiconductors, electric vehicles and fiber-optic cables. Opinion | The myth of the manufacturing comeback 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z The camping resort covers about 50 acres and has R.V. sites and Wi-Fi and fiber-optic cable connections, as well as recreation options like a ropes course, a rock-climbing wall and trampoline basketball. Trying to Keep Americans Camping With Treehouses and Yurts 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z Historically, programming was transmitted from networks to local stations and broadcast via the airwaves, while fiber-optic cables now allow for national programming to transmit directly. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z Instead of relying on metal wires, fiber-optic cables are made of hundreds of hairlike glass strands where data is being moved in the form of light pulses at super fast speeds. Is your internet service unreliable? There may be fiber in your future. 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z He added that Russian forces were also stealing equipment from Ukrainian internet providers to strengthen connections to Crimea, including laying more fiber-optic wires. Russia takes over Ukraine’s internet in occupied territories 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z As phone companies slowly build out their 5G networks, dedicated hotspots can become viable competitors to DSL, cable, and even oversubscribed fiber-optic connections. How to work from home when your internet goes out 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Alaska Power & Telephone, Unicom Inc. and Cordova Telephone Cooperative, combined, are slated to receive almost $55.4 million in to connect almost 3,300 people, 118 businesses and seven schools in remote areas by fiber-optic network. Feds: $401M will add high-speed internet to rural US places 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z For fans of modernity, there’s no shortage of gear to help with accuracy — fiber-optic sights, laser range-finders, stabilizers. Feeling that pandemic panic? Skip the coffee break and shoot some arrows 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z Those actions include the cutting of fiber-optic cables in France in April that disrupted Internet service. Nevada lithium mine pits Biden green agenda against radical environmentalists 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z Government intelligence indicates Russia is laying more fiber-optic cable to divert even more traffic, Nabok said. Russia takes over Ukraine’s internet in occupied territories 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z The last thing you want to do is accidentally damage an electric line or fiber-optic cable, pierce a gas line or create a fountain by cutting into a water line. The basics for building a new wood fence 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z It is the highest-capacity submarine fiber-optic cable in the Atlantic, running across the ocean from a suburb of Bilbao, Spain, to Virginia Beach. Opinion | The Internet Is Broken. How Do We Fix It? 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z Operating from home turf, China could use more-secure systems like fiber-optic cables for its own networks. Opinion | Biden Says We’ve Got Taiwan’s Back. But Do We? 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z As an extra treat for the grandkids, Charalambous used fiber-optic lighting fixtures to design a ceiling that mimics the night sky. High-end redux for a Georgetown pied-a-terre 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z It took five long weeks for Tonga to restore its internet connection to the rest of the world after the tsunami severed a crucial fiber-optic cable. 3 months after volcanic eruption, Tonga slowly rebuilds 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z Those satellites then relay signals to SpaceX’s various ground stations on Earth, which are connected to existing fiber-optic infrastructure. Starlink hikes prices for monthly service and starter kit, even if you put down a deposit 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z The latter’s system relies on a ground station called a “gateway,” which is physically wired into the nearest data center or router connected to the global Internet via underground fiber-optic cables. Starlink Offers Internet Access in Times of Crisis, but Is It Just a PR Stunt? 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z SpaceX’s satellites must also tap into gateways on the ground, which are connected to existing fiber-optic infrastructure. Ukraine engineer talks testing SpaceX’s new Starlink service 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z In order to provide internet access, satellites must be able to communicate with gateways, fixed ground stations on Earth that are connected to existing fiber-optic cables. Elon Musk’s promised Starlink terminals have reached Ukraine, according to official 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z Many of them remain without internet access after a domestic fiber-optic cable was also damaged and will likely not be repaired for months. 3 months after volcanic eruption, Tonga slowly rebuilds 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z As great as fiber-optic sounds, it’s still just a fantasy for many of us who aren’t cornered in specific areas of the US. Frontier adds 2-gig speeds across its entire fiber network 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z The only fiber-optic cable to the island was severed in the eruption, making communications sporadic, at best. Tonga’s virus outbreak growing rapidly; omicron confirmed 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z He says he has a really good connection to fiber-optic internet, which hasn’t had any disruptions so far. Ukraine engineer talks testing SpaceX’s new Starlink service 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z The tsunami severed the sole fiber-optic cable that connects Tonga to the rest of the world and most people remain without reliable connections. Elon Musk helping restore internet to Tonga, officials say 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z Fortunately for Roy’s Shenandoah Valley client, the connectivity cavalry is finally on the way — she said the local electric co-op is building out fiber-optic service. Does the home you want to buy have good high-speed Internet? You may have to do some sleuthing to find out. 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z The newer ones will be connected to the surface by a fiber-optic cable that can deliver images and data in real time. A Search Begins for the Wreck Behind an Epic Tale of Survival 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z The lockdown in Tonga comes as many homes and businesses remain without internet access after the tsunami severed the sole fiber-optic cable that connects Tonga to the rest of the world. Virus arrives along with aid in Tonga, triggering lockdown 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z A second, domestic fiber-optic cable that connects Tonga’s smaller islands to the main island could prove much more difficult to repair. 23 Australians on ship delivering aid to Tonga have virus 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z The tsunami severed the single fiber-optic cable that connects Tonga to the rest of the world, leaving many unable to connect with loved ones abroad. 4 Japanese planes fly more aid to Tonga after volcanic blast 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z AT&T currently offers its fiber-optic network near cities spread out across the Southern, Midwestern, and Western portions of the US, but it plans to expand its service network to 30 million customers by 2025. AT&T’s new 5-gig and 2-gig fiber internet is here, starting at $110 a month 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z The eruption severed Tonga’s single fiber-optic cable, rendering the entire Pacific archipelago offline and unable to communicate with the rest of the world — and leaving their loved ones terrified about what might have happened. Cut off by volcano, Tongans relieved as contact restored 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z The volcano’s blast severed the underwater fiber-optic cable that connects Tonga to the outside world, essentially plunging the nation of 105,000 people into digital darkness. ‘Major disaster’: Tonga faces weeks cut off as volcanic activity imperils operation to repair fiber-optic cable 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z The single undersea fiber-optic cable which connects the Pacific nation to the outside world was severed after the eruption and tsunami. 23 Australians on ship delivering aid to Tonga have virus 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z Communications with Tonga remain limited after Saturday’s eruption and tsunami appeared to have broken the single fiber-optic cable that connects Tonga with the rest of the world. First aid flight leaves for Tonga after big volcano eruption 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z Like many island nations, Tonga relies on just a single undersea cable, about the thickness of a garden hose and filled with fragile fiber-optic filaments, to get citizens online. A lone undersea internet cable connected Tonga to the world — a volcanic eruption broke it 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z Communications have been severely restricted because the single underwater fiber-optic cable that connects Tonga to the rest of the world was likely severed in the eruption. Three of Tonga’s smaller islands badly damaged by tsunami 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z According to an online video, the company sometimes uses grapnels to snag severed fiber-optic cables and haul them to the surface, where the ends are spliced back together. ‘Major disaster’: Tonga faces weeks cut off as volcanic activity imperils operation to repair fiber-optic cable 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z Communications with the island nation are limited because the single underwater fiber-optic cable that connects Tonga to the rest of the world was likely severed in the eruption. Despite huge volcano blast, Tonga avoids widespread disaster 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z Communications with the island nation is limited because the single underwater fiber-optic cable that connects Tonga to the rest of the world was likely severed in the eruption. Volcanic ash delays aid to Tonga as damage reports emerge 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z More than 7.3 miles of fiber-optic cable was installed along the track to help with radio communications. Metro to reopen Shady Grove and Rockville stations next month 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z In the ensuing years, fiber-optic cables were laid to connect the country to the global internet. Russia Is Censoring the Internet, With Coercion and Black Boxes 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z While the severed fiber-optic cable means the Internet is out, some satellite phone reception has been restored in parts of the country. ‘Major disaster’: Tonga faces weeks cut off as volcanic activity imperils operation to repair fiber-optic cable 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z The biggest projects include roads and bridges, power plants, rail lines, fiber-optic networks and port overhauls. ‘Build Back Better World:’ U.S. races to counter China’s ‘predatory’ Belt and Road initiative 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z Grant recipients would need to build connections at speeds of at least 100 megabits per second for downloads and 20 megabits per second for uploads, rates that only fiber-optic connections can steadily supply, experts say. Next infrastructure challenge: Fixing rural cellphone service 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z Verizon’s fiber-optic service, Fios, is supposed to be available on every city block, which in theory would spur more competition, but that has yet to happen. ‘Welcome to the Mesh, Brother’: Guerrilla Wi-Fi Comes to New York 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z Already, thousands of kilometers of fiber-optic cables have created an initial quantum link between Beijing and Shanghai. China Is Pulling Ahead in Global Quantum Race, New Studies Suggest 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z The other is in a fiber-optic cable running between two of Tonga’s 36 inhabited islands. ‘Major disaster’: Tonga faces weeks cut off as volcanic activity imperils operation to repair fiber-optic cable 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z As a result, the station downloads a lot of data, which is carried under the sea to the Norwegian mainland by fiber-optic cables. Here’s the Arctic Station That Keeps Satellites Connected 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z He founded Dura-Line Corp. and developed materials and methods for the placement of fiber-optic cable, with operations in more than a dozen countries. Lifelong space enthusiast becomes latest civilian to buy his way into space 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z New York entered a franchise agreement with Verizon that gave the company the privilege of burying fiber-optic cable under city streets in exchange for installing high-speed Fios in every neighborhood. ‘Welcome to the Mesh, Brother’: Guerrilla Wi-Fi Comes to New York 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z But studying social behavior with optogenetics had historically been difficult because the light source was typically attached to the animal’s head through fiber-optic cables, which interfered with the animal’s normal behavior. Scientists Drove Mice to Bond by Zapping Their Brains With Light 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z To send a quantum-encrypted communication over long distances without a fiber-optic connection, we must transmit laser light from an optical telescope on the ground to a receiving telescope on a satellite and back again. Adaptive Optics Branches Out 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z The task force will research where broadband holes exist and help towns and villages apply for federal or state grants to expand their infrastructure, including telephone lines and fiber-optic cables. Dane County forms task force to expand internet access 2021-04-24T04:00:00Z The White House would likely offer incentives to providers, and it would privilege “future-proof” technology such as fiber-optic cables. Opinion | Biden wants to get all Americans online. That won’t be easy. 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z As the farm expanded, Sullivan upgraded its infrastructure, building bridges and roads and installing high-speed fiber-optic cable, which supplies Wi-Fi throughout the property. Virginia estate near Charlottesville is on the market for $75 million 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z Google is bringing a fiber-optic data network to homeowners in Kansas City, Mo., and Kan., but without the usual regulations. Column: Stop saying the USPS should be 'run like a business.' It's not a 'business' 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z Doss had to buy a fiber-optic cable to plug directly into Tapestry’s modem after discovering his Wi-Fi connection was too weak for Zoom’s ravenous bandwidth. Column: ‘Distanced in body but close in spirit’: this California church embraced remote worship 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z It would be much harder under the Supreme Court’s precedents to extend it to cable channels even though fiber-optic cables rely on public rights of way. Opinion | Sadly, Fox News can’t be impeached 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z The costly process of running a fiber-optic cable to every home in the U.S. is an impractical solution, according to Brad Smith, Microsoft’s president and chief legal officer. For Biden to solve inequality, he’ll need good Wi-Fi | Commentary 2021-01-10T05:00:00Z Recently, workers were digging a hole on the provincial road crossing the town where eventually fiber-optic cables for faster connections will be buried. Without tourism, life in a Tuscan village slides back in time 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z Physical infrastructure like fiber-optic lines is just one part of the problem. Perspective | In 2020, we reached peak Internet. Here’s what worked — and what flopped. 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z AT&T wants to sell me 1,000Mbps fiber-optic internet, and I’m beyond ready to pay for it. In 2021, we need to fix America’s internet 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z County Administrator Dean Rodgers said $1.8 million is currently obligated with Firefly Fiber Broadband, a subsidiary of Central Virginia Electric Cooperative, to install fiber-optic cable in the Gladstone, Temperance and Boxwood Farm areas. Virginia county works to fill gaps in broadband service 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z The Arizona Attorney General’s Office announced Friday that the fiber-optic improvements are part of a February consent decree with Lumen Technologies, formerly known as CenturyLink. Settlement provides fiber-optic improvements in rural areas 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z For one star employee, Microsoft explored running a fiber-optic cable underground to his home in the woods. Xbox Series X is the first video game console born in a pandemic 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z But Inphi designs chips that move data over fiber-optic cables hundreds of times faster than copper cables. Marvell to buy Inphi in $10 billion chip deal to bolster data center, 5G business 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z If you look underneath, you’ll find a fiber-optic node labeled with my exact street address. In 2021, we need to fix America’s internet 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z Most of the necessary fiber-optic cables for current internet use are already in the ground, he said. Column: The pandemic makes clear it's time to treat the internet as a utility 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z After retiring from Arco, Cook became co-chairman of Global Crossing, which built a global fiber-optic telecommunications network, and most recently was chairman of NeuroSigma Inc., a medical device maker. Lodwrick Cook, epitome of L.A.'s bygone era of corporate engagement, dies 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z During Wednesday’s hearing, the judge gently chastised the workers who failed to take preventive measures that would have kept the fiber-optic cable safe. Federal judge extends Virginia voter registration through Thursday 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z Traditional ISPs run copper or fiber-optic lines into each housing unit from a trunk line, which customers then connect to a modem and wireless router to get Wi-Fi in their homes. Tech companies step up to bring free Wi-Fi to L.A. public housing residents 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z The city now has enough fiber-optic cables to make gigabit internet access available to all residents and businesses. With completion of network, Lexington becomes gigabit city 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z In response to the pandemic, she recently launched glowing face masks made with fiber-optic fabric. Black-owned businesses in L.A. say they’re open and looking for support. Here’s a list 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z The plan is to slowly connect these local networks nationwide, using fiber-optic cable, satellites and drones fitted with quantum-communication hardware, Spentzouris said. U.S. hatches plan to build a quantum Internet that might be unhackable 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z The hearing Wednesday morning followed a chaotic day for election officials, who lost Internet service after a fiber-optic utility cable in Chesterfield County was accidentally cut during roadside work related to a utilities project. Federal judge extends Virginia voter registration through Thursday 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z The aim of the project is to provide internet access in areas hard to reach with fiber-optic cables. U.K. buys stake in satellite company that could spoil astronomy 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z Sooner or later, such hybrid-entanglement experiments should become more compact and efficient, breaking free of the workbench to become workhorses that are compatible with telecoms’ existing fiber-optic networks. ‘Hybrid’ Quantum Networking Demonstrated for First Time 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z Facebook, for example, is investing billions of dollars into one of Indonesia’s fastest-growing apps, a telecom giant in India and an undersea fiber-optic cable around Africa. After 15 Years, Apple Prepares to Break Up With Intel 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z That project includes $50 million for fiber-optic cables and a power distribution system, according to the court filing. Trump’s border wall plans reduced as costs estimates increases 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z “You know when they turn this on it’s going to kill everyone,” a woman said of 5G in a recent video on Twitter, as she confronted technicians laying fiber-optic cables in an unidentified British town. Burning Cell Towers, Out of Baseless Fear They Spread the Virus 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z A second benefit is that fiber-optic cables already crisscross the world. Kilometers of “Dark Cable” Form the Newest Seismic Sensors 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z Germany and Britain are America’s closest intelligence-sharing partners, and both nations sit atop critical points along fiber-optic cables that are key to intercepting communications from Russia to the Middle East. Huawei Is Winning the Argument in Europe, as the U.S. Fumbles to Develop Alternatives 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z The newspaper said people in rural parishes often rely on their cellphones or satellite service, which is slower and less reliable than cable or fiber-optic internet. Editorial Roundup: Louisiana 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z Cable television, in contrast, is delivered through fiber-optic wires that enable two-way transmissions, which has become increasingly important in recent years as consumers embrace video-on-demand. Nearly 3 million subscribers ditched DirecTV last year. Will AT&T do the same? 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Google Fiber Image: Google Fiber It felt like Google had finally heard my prayers: gigabit fiber-optic internet was coming to my hometown of San Jose, California. The 84 biggest flops, fails, and dead dreams of the decade in tech 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z DAS easily generates 10 terabytes a day for a single fiber-optic cable; that will add up to a petabyte in just 100 days. Kilometers of “Dark Cable” Form the Newest Seismic Sensors 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z BT chief executive Philip Jansen estimated a nationwide fiber-optic network would cost as much as 100 billion pounds once operating costs are factored in. AP FACT CHECK: Leaders’ questionable claims in U.K. election 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Fairbairn expressed concern about Labour’s plans for government ownership of some industries just days after the party pledged to nationalize part of the former telephone monopoly BT in order to provide free fiber-optic broadband. Business chief concerned about UK parties’ economic policies 2019-11-17T05:00:00Z One of the best-known efforts is in the city of Chattanooga, Tennessee, which built its own high-speed fiber-optic internet network in 2009. Cities and states take up the battle for an open internet 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z At one clinic in Springfield, Mo., a company that was supposed to install fiber-optic lines dragged its feet for more than a year, she said. New Illinois Abortion Clinic Anticipates Post-Roe World 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z Then, two years ago, the city’s mining giant, Norilsk Nickel, strung a fiber-optic cable across 600 miles of tundra and under the vast, icy Yenisey River. On ‘Island’ in Russian Arctic, Arrival of Fast Internet Shakes Political Calm 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z He enjoys the comfort of leather furniture and a fiber-optic infrastructure. Once he was a refugee. Now he’s a CEO making video games for peace. 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z Verizon told the FCC it’s expanding its use of temporary satellite equipment when fiber-optic links are destroyed, improving communications with power companies and residents to prevent inadvertent cuts to wires, and taking other steps. Cell Phone Service Must Be Restored Quicker after Hurricanes 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Officials said in application materials that a ring of fiber-optic cables connecting municipal locations across the South Bay could smooth traffic flow and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Should L.A. Metro spend $4.4 million so South Bay cities can have faster internet? 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Pan and his team are aiming to launch a constellation of satellites and a nationwide fiber-optic network that use qubits to securely transmit information. The quantum revolution is coming, and Chinese scientists are at the forefront 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z The derailment took down a telephone pole carrying fiber-optic lines. Train derailment in Allentown causes no injuries 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z Duodenoscopes are long, flexible tubes with a fiber-optic camera at one end. These Medical Devices Are Inserted Into 500,000 Patients Each Year — but Are Tough to Sterilize 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z The destructor is equipped with a sonar system, video camera and light to confirm the identified enemy mine; it connects with the common console through a fiber-optic data link, Navy officials said. Navy improves helicopter-fired laser weapons to counter mines 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z A coalition of 16 cities, including Carson and Torrance, pitched the fiber-optic cable ring as one way to improve congestion by allowing government employees to telecommute and by helping to synchronize traffic lights. Should L.A. Metro spend $4.4 million so South Bay cities can have faster internet? 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z A technician will feed a special waterproof video camera on flexible fiber-optic rod through the sewer line. 5 things to know about your sewer line | Provided by South West Plumbing 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z The legislation will help community efforts to design and build broadband, like EC Fiber, a nonprofit, community owned fiber-optic network. Vermont governor signs bill aimed at expanding broadband 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z They house tens of thousands of computer servers, which are linked to the outside world through fiber-optic cables. Facebook is building a massive solar project in Texas 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z They house tens of thousands of computer servers, which are linked to the outside world through fiber-optic cables. Facebook is building a massive solar project in Texas 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z South Bay officials and Metro later agreed to connect the fiber-optic ring to traffic data collection centers and traffic monitoring programs operated by Metro, Los Angeles County, Manhattan Beach and Torrance. Should L.A. Metro spend $4.4 million so South Bay cities can have faster internet? 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z The lasers, which are used to send information in the form of light signals through fiber-optic cables, are critical to Huawei’s world-leading telecom network equipment business. Tall chip tale? Huawei's backup plans leave experts unconvinced 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z Maine Fiber was owner of the so-called Three Ring Binder, named for three rings of fiber-optic networks in rural western, eastern and northern Maine. New York company buys owner of major fiber network in Maine 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z Citizens Telephone Cooperative plans to put about 1,700 miles of fiber-optic cable in the county during the next three years. Rural Virginia county to get super-fast internet service 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z The country is working on deploying a fiber-optic network to connect the entire country, and is moving ahead with a separate plan to install a submarine line with Asia. Google completes subsea cable to Chile in global cloud push 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z The system would allow the South Bay’s municipal governments to tap directly into fiber-optic cables and avoid paying a service provider. Should L.A. Metro spend $4.4 million so South Bay cities can have faster internet? 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z The administration announced $20 billion in subsidies to companies for laying fiber-optic cable across the country, as well as the largest auction of wireless spectrum ever. Opinion | On 5G, the United States is building Betamax while China builds VHS 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z That includes the high-density polyethylene plastic that covers coaxial and fiber-optic cables and some electric lines. Perspective | For electric utilities, sharp-toothed, daredevil squirrels are Enemy Number One 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z Andrea Chegut, director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Real Estate Innovation Lab, predicts that interior office walls will one day be “turned into data centers, capitalizing on fiber-optic connectivity.” As Office Tenants Expect More Tech, Even the Windows Get Smart 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z This project was possible only because of years of projects building fiber-optic “backbone” throughout the state, both by private companies and by state-supported projects such as Network New Hampshire Now. In a first for NH, town pays to get fiber broadband for all 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z Keith A. Spencer: You analogize the situation with fiber-optic lines to the history of electrification. Big Telecom companies are suppressing fast internet 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z Neither side provided an estimated timeline for the island’s connection to a new fiber-optic cable. World Digest: March 28, 2019 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z In some cases, doctors use a thin, flexible tube attached to a tiny fiber-optic camera that is threaded up the nose and down the throat to permit inspection of the upper airway. A toddler’s dwindling voice was chalked up to acid reflux. Her problem was far more serious. 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z Stringing fiber-optic cable where it’s needed is only a small part of the equation. Editorials from around New England 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z The county also offered Amazon the possibility of using its fast, fiber-optic network connection, which would be the subject of a separate agreement if the company chooses to use it. Arlington County Board approves $23 million incentives package for Amazon 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z The solution turns the images into light, which is transmitted to a decoder suspended above the submersible and then sent to the mother ship via fiber-optic cable. Explorers to send 1st live video broadcast from ocean depths 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z That committee recommends studying whether fiber-optic internet is feasible. Editorials from around New England 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z To a great degree, the room-temperature laser, which Dr. Alferove developed, provided the key to transmitting information over the network of fiber-optic cables that undergird the Internet. Zhores Alferov, Nobel-winning physicist who paved way for cellphones, fiber optic communications, dies at 88 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z Opelika, the state’s first “gig city” with high-speed fiber-optic network, provided an incentive of free internet service worth about $50,000, he said. Startup maestro duped Alabama town through network of lies 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z Quintillion operates a fiber-optic system in Alaska that connects to the continental U.S. Ex-CEO pleads guilty to fraud in Alaska fiber-optic project 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z Hayes-White said the construction crew was apparently working on fiber-optic wires. Flames from San Francisco gas explosion damage 5 buildings 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z Hayes-White said the construction crew was apparently working on fiber-optic wires. Flames from San Francisco gas explosion damage 5 buildings 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z Piveni Piukala, a director of Tonga Cable Ltd., said Monday that crews found two breaks along the fiber-optic cable that connects Tonga with the rest of the world. Tonga director can’t rule out sabotage in internet outage 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z An underwater fiber-optic cable that connects Tongans to high-speed internet was severed on Jan. 20, plunging the roughly 100,000 residents into digital darkness. Could You Last 11 Days Without the Internet? Tonga Finds Out the Hard Way 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z Tonga was plunged into virtual darkness 11 days ago when the fiber-optic cable was severed. Reboot: Tonga hopes to restore internet access by weekend 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z And a delegation of American officials showed up last spring in Germany, where most of Europe’s giant fiber-optic lines connect and Huawei wants to build the switches that make the system hum. America Pushes Allies to Fight Huawei in New Arms Race With China 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z Matanuska Telephone Association, which is sponsoring ski patrol at the new area for three years, will also extend a fiber-optic cable to provide Wi-Fi and internet connection at Skeetawk, O’Connor said. Group aims to restore lifts at Hatcher Pass ski area 2019-01-05T05:00:00Z The area is attractive for sPower because of the large area of undeveloped land, the extensive use of fiber-optic cable throughout the area and the ability to connect to a nearby electrical substation. Virginia residents protest proposed solar farm in Spotsylvania 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z Tonga wasn’t wired for high-speed internet until 2013, when officials hailed the installation of a 514-mile fiber-optic cable as a landmark event. Could You Last 11 Days Without the Internet? Tonga Finds Out the Hard Way 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z In addition to the big-budget items, China is also installing cross-border fiber-optic cables, an early warning system for the Pakistan Meteorological Department and experimental agricultural projects. AP Explains: China's megaprojects fuel unease in Pakistan 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z In addition to the big-budget items, China is also installing cross-border fiber-optic cables, an early warning system for the Pakistan Meteorological Department and experimental agricultural projects. AP Explains: China’s megaprojects fuel unease in Pakistan 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z Comcast Colorado spokeswoman Leslie Oliver said Monday its contractor was working on a fiber-optic project at Heather Gardens, but did not say whether that work was connected to the gas leaks. Underground drilling caused gas leak, may have led to blast 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z The fiber-optic internet was installed last week - something Galloway-Kane says was a major feat. Art incubator hopes to inspire, provide support community 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z Australia previously banned Huawei from providing equipment for its fiber-optic network and moved to block it from laying submarine cables in the Pacific. Australia spy chief says 5G risks high, in nod to China firms'... 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z Ugandan unit and Mauritius-based Bandwidth & Cloud Services Group, laid nearly 500 miles of fiber-optic cable across the isolated northwest of this East African nation. Facebook Pushes into Africa 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z That required more than 200,000 cell towers and 150,000 miles of high-tech fiber-optic cable, enough to encircle the earth six times, according to the company and people familiar with the matter. Two Years Ago, India Lacked Fast, Cheap Internet—One Billionaire Changed All That 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z Gatwick says the electronic boards were displaying incorrect information because of a damaged fiber-optic cable, and it expects telecom provider Vodafone to “resolve the issue soon.” Gatwick passengers need to check whiteboards after IT glitch 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z It is running fiber-optic cables to all its oil wells, allowing the company to gather data and monitor projects in real time. Big Oil’s New Strategy: Smaller Wells, Smarter Tech 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z One of the most extensive fiber-optic networks in the country runs beneath its streets. Will Amazon pick underdog Newark for its HQ2? Experts worry the city cannot afford to win. 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z A win for AT&T and Time Warner will vindicate their leaders’ survival-of-the-biggest philosophy, creating a vertically integrated giant with movie studios, television channels, satellites, cellphone networks and fiber-optic cables all under the same roof. Judge Is Set to Decide Whether AT&T and Time Warner Can Merge 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z Directly stimulating these neurons using light-sensitive proteins activated via fiber-optic cables—a technique called optogenetics—causes mice to behave as though they are experiencing specific tastes. A Matter of Taste: Can a Sweet Tooth Be Switched Off in the Brain? 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z They also hope to add an essential “devices” category to include diagnostic equipment like X-ray and CT scanners, ultrasounds, fiber-optic scopes, automated blood analyzers, PCR machines and so on. For First Time, W.H.O. Names Some Lab Tests ‘Essential’ 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z At our town meeting in 2009, citizens approved a plan for the utility to build a fiber-optic network because it needed upgrades to support such “smart grid” functions as advanced meter reading and load-management programs. Opinion | Saving net neutrality, one house at a time 2018-04-22T04:00:00Z “It wasn’t much after that, that Bill called back,” Wickersham said, to tip him off to an opportunity to do business with Metronet, a fiber-optic telecommunications company. Recent editorials published in Indiana newspapers 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z He led a group in 2011 that purchased the 12,000-mile fiber-optic cable network called the Lambda Rail to link researchers, but it was shut down three years later. Patrick Soon-Shiong — immigrant, doctor, billionaire, and soon, newspaper owner — starts a new era at the L.A. Times 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z It’s now a telecom giant with the biggest network of wireless customers, and it’s expanding its fiber-optic network and television services to increase value for customers. The Motley Fool: Advice on when to buy, sell 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z But it’s not clear if they’re conducting espionage, sabotaging or perhaps just mapping the 400 fiber-optic cables that carry communications and some $10 trillion dollars in financial transactions each day. Could enemies sabotage undersea cables linking the world? 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z The North Carolina League of Municipalities released a report Wednesday recommending changes to get more fiber-optic cable installed in the state, particularly rural areas. Report: North Carolina cities need powers to aid broadband 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z Los Angeles owns a network of fiber-optic cable that runs through every part of the city,'' Krekorian said. L.A. councilman proposes new city department to improve broadband access 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z Plans call for an accompanying fiber-optic cable and eventually a railroad along part of the route, from Turkmenistan to Pakistan. Afghanistan Breaks Ground on 1,127-Mile ‘Peace Pipeline’ 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z A long fiber-optic cable tethered the craft to the ship where scientists watched a live feed of the descent. Rare deep-sea creatures may use underwater chimneys to keep their eggs warm 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z A dense mesh of fiber-optic cables girdles the world, pumping vast quantities of information across the planet. Data is the new lifeblood of capitalism – don't hand corporate America control 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z The Carlsbad Current-Argus reports that maintenance crews will be updating power supplies, relocating fiber-optic cables and replacing other parts in the underground mine. NM underground waste repository shut down for maintenance 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z The system is building a new fiber-optic network, but not every pay phone site is close enough to a manhole to connect to it. What are those tall kiosks that have replaced pay phones in New York? 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z The return on that investment would be extending its fiber-optic tendrils into one of the few countries that maintained independent and outdated telecommunications infrastructure. Read an excerpt from Eliot Peper’s new science fiction thriller, Bandwidth 2017-12-17T05:00:00Z According to the biography, he is also “chairman of the founding committee” of a local consortium that won a license from the kingdom to build a fiber-optic network, in a “strategic partnership” with Verizon. Mystery Buyer of $450 Million ‘Salvator Mundi’ Was a Saudi Prince 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z The reason that corporations are so concerned about who controls the packets that flow through the world’s fiber-optic cables is because a vast array of profit-making activities now depends on them. Data is the new lifeblood of capitalism – don't hand corporate America control 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z China Telecom plans to lay a 150,000-kilometer fiber-optic network covering 48 African nations. Opinion | China has a plan to rule the world 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z Merkel’s conservatives, meanwhile, want to allocate 3 billion euros a year from the budget to build a 5G network that complements the fiber-optic push. Germany needs 20 billion euros for broadband upgrade: document 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z The proposal on Tuesday’s ballot would allow the City Council to decide whether to establish a telecommunication utility and issue up to $150 million in bonds to build and operate a fiber-optic network. Campaign against Fort Collins internet plan spends $451,000 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z Their inspectors constantly examine information transmitted around the clock by surveillance cameras, online monitors and fiber-optic seals on nuclear equipment. Trump's tough-talk on Iran could end in a big, blame-evading dodge | Joe McLean 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z Justice Department agreed to clear CenturyLink Inc.’s $25 billion takeover of Level 3 Communications Inc. if the telecom providers shed some of their fiber-optic infrastructure, moving the deal one step closer to closing. Justice Department Clears CenturyLink’s $25 Billion Takeover of Level 3 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z Facebook is also investing tens of millions of dollars alongside telecom operators to build a 500-mile fiber-optic internet connection in rural Uganda. Facebook Navigates an Internet Fractured by Governmental Controls 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z Merkel’s conservatives, meanwhile, want to allocate 3 billion euros a year from the budget to build a 5G network that complements the fiber-optic push. Germany needs 20 billion euros for broadband upgrade: document 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z It will be remembered as the day fiber-optic cable finally reached people living in the rural coastal town of Neah Bay. Rural Washington still waiting for high-speed broadband 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z They then inserted a fiber-optic probe into the prefrontal cortex to record the flashes of light. Scientists Use Light to Turn Off Autism Symptoms in Mice 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z From the pilot house, which includes a padded captain’s chair, Triana will navigate with a one-of-a-kind control system connected by fiber-optic cable. Sailors on newest aircraft carrier learned on the job 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z So, they inserted a virus into the dmPFC that expresses a light-sensitive protein, along with a fiber-optic cable. Pinpointing the Brain's Motivation Switch 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z The company said that it decided to use the unused TV spectrum instead of fiber-optic cables or fixed wireless technology, such as 4G, because it is significantly cheaper. Microsoft wants to bring 2 million rural Americans online by 2022 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z Otherwise, without fiber-optic cables, rural reservations and communities will remain cut off from the education and economic opportunity everyone else enjoys. Rural Washington still waiting for high-speed broadband 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z City manager Gary Williams says the new system taps into the city’s fiber-optic network purchased in 2014 with a $1.5 million grant. Carbondale to offer free Wi-Fi downtown later this year 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z A medusa with fiber-optic hair, a Buddha confettied with pills, a crucified astronaut — the sequence says a hundred things simultaneously, mainlining themes and world views directly into your brain. In the age of streaming TV, who needs title sequences? 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z A technological shift from satellite distribution to fiber-optic IP methods was a key development, Lyle said. Local news anchor not so local in small TV markets 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z They sent a secure key—at a rate of 51 bits per second—over a kilometer of fiber-optic cable, although not without significant errors. Nil Communication: How to Send a Message Without Sending Anything at All 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z The researchers then placed a tiny fiber-optic filament over the NAcc, so that flashes of light prompted firing only in those neurons that extended from the mPFC. Homing In on the Brain's "Cuddling" Circuitry 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Started in 2009, the initiative, known as the National Broadband Network, was intended to bring advanced fiber-optic technology to the doorstep of just about every home and business. How Australia Bungled Its $36 Billion High-Speed Internet Rollout 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z The complex is near the Harbor Freeway, and the heat from the flames was so intense that it damaged fiber-optic cables near the roadway and melted one of the signs. Man sentenced to 15 years for starting massive Da Vinci blaze in downtown L.A. 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z Kentucky is trying to build a statewide broadband network powered by more than 3,000 miles of fiber-optic cables. Kentucky broadband project inches forward with lease signing 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z Police say Eleby went under the interstate to use drugs and deliberately set the fire that ignited fiber-optic cables on wooden spools. Man accused in interstate collapse fire released on bond 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z We sit in offices that have instant access to broadband internet via fiber-optic lines. West Virginia editorial roundup 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z But within months, that portal seemed to snap shut, lost amid turnover within the MBI and its split with WiredWest, a regional cooperative poised at the time to bring fiber-optic service to dozens of towns. Leverett’s fiber-optic system a model for rural towns 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z Quintillion’s efforts in Alaska mark the first phase of the project to lay a fiber-optic cable linking Europe and Asia through the Arctic Ocean. Rural Alaska gets high-speed internet in Europe-Asia project 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z New York City filed a lawsuit Monday against Verizon Communications Inc., alleging the company failed to deliver a 2008 promise to offer fiber-optic cable connections to every home in the city. New York City Sues Verizon Over Fiber-Optic Cable Coverage 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z The company has also been adding more cell sites and transmitters in cities and connecting those sites with high-capacity fiber-optic lines. Verizon’s No. 1 reputation on the line in coming data deluge 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z Here we were, father and son, linked by fiber-optic cables and the arc of American history, marveling at the triumph of the impossible. Black Like Me: It’s time for a deeper conversation about race in America 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Not all electricians know how to splice fiber-optic cable, they say. Leverett’s fiber-optic system a model for rural towns 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z He is working to rectify the city’s downtrodden image with streetcars, upscale cafes and boutiques, and fiber-optic data, making him a hometown hero. Quicken Loans, Under Fire, Fires Back 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z And Madison officials are trying to provide fiber-optic internet service to more low-income residents. Excerpts from recent Wisconsin editorials 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z Heavy built-in screens and the miles of fiber-optic cable that serve them, they note, can add significant weight — and cost — to every flight. Communal TV Screens in a Binge-Watching Age? Won’t Do, Airlines 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z One part of The Machine that is already in production is X1, a chip and related components designed to sharply lower the cost of sending data over speedy fiber-optic connections. HP Enterprise Unveils Prototype of Next-Generation Computer ‘The Machine’ 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z Officials say that section of Route 33 will become a corridor where new technologies can be safely tested in real-life traffic, aided by a fiber-optic cable network and sensor systems slated for installation next year. Self-driving truck hits the road as Ohio discusses research 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z The lawsuit challenges the British government’s mass surveillance of internet traffic transiting undersea fiber-optic cables, as well as the UK’s access to information gathered through the NSA’s breathtaking array of bulk spying programs. Why do we still accept that governments collect and snoop on our data? 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z Google’s parent company is halting operations and laying off staff in a number of cities where it once hoped to bring high-speed internet access by installing new fiber-optic networks. Google Fiber to cut jobs and halt expansion of US internet service 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z The 12,800-kilometer Pacific Light Cable Network would use new fiber-optic technology to support the region’s highest-capacity route, according to TE Connectivity Ltd. Google, Facebook to Invest in U.S.-China Data Link 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z Despite all the glitz, glamour and innovation that we associate with Google – artificial intelligence, self-driving cars, virtual reality, fiber-optic cable networks, etc. – it all pales in comparison, financially speaking, to search. Pros and Cons of Buying Alphabet (GOOG) Stock 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z For two years, Koch has been trying to get its disparate portfolio of companies, whose products also include Lycra fabric, fiber-optic wire and refined natural-gas products, to work more closely together. Koch Tries Its Hand at Carpet Cleaners 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z Fostering investment in new fiber-optic networks, to meet rising demand for data services, is a major plank of the European Commission's reform of its 15-year-old telecoms laws. EU seeks to spur fast broadband roll-out with telecoms reform 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z “Universal broadband connections and really good fiber-optic networks are more and more perceived as something that is essential for the 21st century economy, and there are such economic payoffs to it,” she said. Hillary Clinton’s Broadband Plan Draws Criticism From Experts 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z He expects to see community gains, such as ecotourism and the mainland power connection, that will include fiber-optic cable that eventually might help improve the island’s notoriously sluggish Internet speeds. The nation’s first offshore wind farm is ready to go, despite critics’ blowback 2016-08-27T04:00:00Z The unit, previously known as Google Fiber and now called Access, is shifting its focus to wireless technology, and not ultra-fast internet delivered through fiber-optic cables. Alphabet is putting serious pressure on Google Fiber to cut costs 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z In most cases, Google Fiber is hoping to use wireless technology to connect homes rather than underground fiber-optic cables, according to a person familiar with the matter. Google’s High-Speed Web Plans Hit Snags 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z The telecom company will use the money to finance its latest spending to shore up its internet business, whether acquiring data centers or laying fiber-optic cables. Canada's Bell announces public offering of C$1.5 billion of medium term notes 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z The device, called Cerebro, taps fiber-optic cables to access web data. New database aims to track the global surveillance industry 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z The ceiling is lighted by a “starfield”—hundreds of fiber-optic lights that, according to Mr. Bell, “twinkle at different frequencies depending how far away they are.” A Die-Hard Star Trek Fan’s $1.5 Million Enterprise 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z When companies switched data traffic from copper lines to more efficient and reliable fiber-optic ones, they did so first in the more profitable urban areas. Technology Is Improving, So Why is Rural Broadband Access Still a Problem? 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Rather than string fiber-optic cables to each antenna, Sprint hopes to link them via wireless connections, further bringing down costs and speeding deployment. Sprint’s Wireless Fix? More Telephone Poles 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z That’s when a Webster County truck that was spreading gravel hit and broke a fiber-optic cable. Mediacom customers in 4 counties lose service when cable cut 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z He hasn’t done a deal in the U.S. since 2003, when he withdrew a $250 million bid for Global Crossing Ltd., which at the time operated the world’s largest fiber-optic network. New Blow for Li Ka-shing as EU Hangs Up on O2 Deal 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z But this week she is installing fiber-optic cabling with Mr. Russell. Verizon Turns to Shadow Workforce Amid Strike 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z Just this week, the company announced a deal with the city of Boston to replace its copper-based infrastructure with a fiber-optic network. Verizon reportedly plans FiOS overhaul with new internet-based set-top box 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z Verizon Communications Inc. said it would expand its Fios fiber-optic network into the city of Boston, one of the major gaps in the carrier’s Northeastern footprint. Verizon to Expand Fios Fiber-Optic Network Into Boston 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z Italian power utility Enel is still talking to Telecom Italia over its plans to help build a national high-speed fiber-optic broadband network, Enel's chief executive said on Thursday. Enel still talking to Telecom Italia over fiber broadband plans 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Telecom Italia rattled investors in February with poor results and a plan to invest €12 billion over three years, including €7 billion in fiber-optic cabling, delaying much-needed debt reductions. Why Telecom Italia Needs to Call Prime Minister Renzi 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Cuba’s existing connections come through satellite and an undersea fiber-optic cable that links it to Venezuela and Jamaica. US telecom businesses struggling to make connections as Cuba opens up 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z Workers had to run a half-mile of fiber-optic cable to the control box about 200 feet from the tree. In a nation deeply divided over politics, some unite to watch the birth of an eagle 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z And all the while someone runs an earth digger just outside the clinic, stoking paranoia about the Thai government and the FBI, not to mention fiber-optic cable companies. Sinuous 'Cemetery of Splendor' gently melds the everyday and the supernatural 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z A San Francisco spokesman said that the city doesn’t own the fiber-optic cables. Google Fiber Is Coming to San Francisco 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z "To date, we’ve focused mostly on building fiber-optic networks from scratch," Michael Slinger, Google Fiber's business operations director, writes in a blog post. Google Fiber is coming to San Francisco 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z Etecsa on 1 February, for example, announced a pilot project to provide broadband services in two neighborhoods of Old Havana through fiber-optic cables operated by Huawei. US telecom businesses struggling to make connections as Cuba opens up 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z They then inserted a hair-thin fiber-optic thread into the mouse’s skull and delivered bursts of light into those cells to activate them. The mind’s biology 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z Eventually phone calls, texts, sensor data and TV shows, along with much else, will all run on fiber-optic networks and be managed largely with software. Gearing Up for the Cloud, AT&T Tells Its Workers: Adapt, or Else 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z Similarly, Alphabet said Fiber in San Francisco will be limited to places that touch the fiber-optic cables it plans to use. Google Fiber Is Coming to San Francisco 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z It is particularly focused on building speed, capacity and coverage in Europe, including with fiber-optic cable rollouts. Vodafone’s Revenue Steadily Improves Amid Europe Recovery 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z Still, fiber-optic home connections would be an important milestone in Cuba, where general public access to broadband Internet began only last year, with the opening of dozens of public WiFi spots. Cuba announces it will launch broadband home internet 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z To prepare a network for all of Gotham, CityBridge made an underground network of fiber-optic cables that feed into each of the booths. The Future of Public Wi-Fi: What to Do Before Using Free, Fast Hot Spots 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z The great room has a glass fiber-optic bridge suspended above it that connects the master bedroom to an office. Oprah Winfrey lands a tech-happy ski home in Telluride 2015-12-26T05:00:00Z Alphabet built its own fiber-optic network in Kansas City; Provo, Utah; and Austin, Texas, a long and expensive process. Google Fiber Is Coming to San Francisco 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z Santa Fe Fiber is a 2-mile stretch of fiber-optic wire tying together two key access points. Santa Fe takes steps toward providing high-speed Internet 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z They ran the experiment in mice with a special sort of brain implant—a fiber-optic cable that turns neurons on with a pulse of laser light. Your Brain Can Taste without Your Tongue 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z The key: a “remote skylight” dish system that captures sunlight from surrounding rooftops and funnels it underground via fiber-optic cable; once there, it’s beamed out via reflective dome, enabling plants to grow. The 25 Best Inventions of 2015 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z The country spans about 17,000 islands, with jungles and mountains, hindering construction of traditional cell towers and fiber-optic cables. Alphabet’s Project Loon to Test Internet Balloons with Indonesian Telcos 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z It’s stuffed with electric cables powering the radar systems and with fiber-optic wires ferrying data to and from computers on the ground. You can't just stick a pin in it, and several other facts about that blimp 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z You set the fiber-optic filaments tracing over the paper instead of a pen, and then you get the light to start pulsing. Talking to Floating Points' Sam Shepherd, neuroscience PhD turned electronic musician 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z According to the Times, the fiber-optic cables facilitate $10 trillion in daily global business, and carry more than 95 percent of global communications. US fears Russia could sever undersea internet cables 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z That same year, government technicians activated a 1,150-mile fiber-optic seabed cable from Venezuela. Cuba is coming online, but who will control its internet? 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z The buses are currently running without passengers, with full testing to start later this month when a fiber-optic network allowing faster data transmission is completed. Look, no hands! Driverless buses get major test in Greek town, aim to revolutionize transport 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z The specialized fiber-optic scopes are threaded through the digestive tract to diagnose and treat gallstones, tumors and blockages of the pancreas and bile ducts. FDA orders safety studies from scope manufacturers 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z Sunday, Mr. Modi promoted his plan to expand Internet access by building more fiber-optic cables. India’s Modi Touts Social Media in Visit to Silicon Valley 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z At present, all submarine fiber-optic cables connect Brazil to the Internet through the United States. Brazil to boost Internet speed through Europe - Telebras CEO 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z Doug Madory, director of internet analysis at Dyn, an internet infrastructure and research company, said a Google staffer called to pump him for details about the submarine fiber-optic cable from Venezuela. Cuba is coming online, but who will control its internet? 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z The frenzy over fast Internet kicked off in 2010 when Google launched a program to install fiber-optic networks in communities across the nation to meet strong demand, including Kansas City, Mo., and Austin, Texas. Where every new home comes with lightning-fast fiber-optic cable 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z Advertisement Advertisement At the same time, analysts said, Altice invests heavily in new infrastructure — with a focus on upgrading fixed-line networks with the latest fiber-optic technology. Expanding in U.S., Altice Plans to Buy Cablevision for $17.7 Billion 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z Two AT&T fiber-optic cables in Livermore, California, were severed Monday night. FBI investigating severed fiber-optic cables in California, possible terrorist probe 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z Today, many New Yorkers say what is long overdue is an answer from Verizon about when the fiber-optic cable will actually reach them. New York City and Verizon Battle Over FiOS Service 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z Easy transportation led to the development of a powerful grid infrastructure and thus, a fast fiber-optic network. These Are America's Top 10 Small Cities With Thriving Businesses 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z The fiber-optic scopes are placed down a patient’s throat and used to diagnose and treat gallstones, blockages and cancers of the digestive tract. Antibiotic-resistant ‘superbug’ found at California hospital 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z Germany's United Internet is on the look-out for acquisitions to expand its fiber-optic network and the business applications unit that it may list separately on the stock exchange, its chief executive told Reuters on Thursday. United Internet CEO on lookout for smaller buys 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z It’s fiber-optic network is legally considered a critical piece of the nation’s Internet infrastructure and any attackers are subject to both state and federal prosecution. FBI investigating severed fiber-optic cables in California, possible terrorist probe 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z Verizon had agreed to have fiber-optic cable for FiOS pass all three million homes in the city by the end of last year. New York City and Verizon Battle Over FiOS Service 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z San Antonio's people are in for a tough wait; Google is only now nearing the design phase of a daunting project that calls for over 4,000 miles of fiber-optic cable. Google Fiber's next city is its biggest yet: San Antonio, Texas 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z Cable One officials said Pascagoula will more than triple its fiber-optic capacity and cable modem network. Cable One investing $9 million in Gulf Coast services 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z The northern Maryland town of Westminster recently began building its own fiber-optic network, which will be operated by a small start-up called Ting. Tired of waiting for high-speed Internet? Ask your local government. 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z Several years ago, he said, he waited 18 months for the company’s Internet-service provider to install a fiber-optic connection. When the Firm Is Wired but the Office Isn’t 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z Colt Industries, which generated $1.6 billion in revenue last year, owns data centers and fiber-optic and voice networks in Britain, elsewhere in Europe and in parts of Asia. Fidelity Seen as Muscling Investors Out of Upside in a Telecom Deal 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z Their network infrastructure turns into a triple-play: Cellular, fiber-optic, and satellite networks. Triple Play: FCC Chairman Endorses AT&T-DirecTV Merger Under Net Neutrality Conditions 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z The Navajo County Sheriff’s Office says that somebody shot at a fiber-optic cable belonging to Frontier Communications. Ruptured cable cripples internet, 911 calls in Navajo County 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z Chattanooga, Tenn., used its own public electric utility to create its fiber-optic network, which it paid for in part with federal stimulus funds. Tired of waiting for high-speed Internet? Ask your local government. 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z Our own civilization has only had radio for about a century, and Drake noted our global culture is becoming less cosmically noisy due to technological innovations such as fiber-optic networks and digital television. Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Nets Historic Cash Infusion 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z But in 2009 the country hooked into the global network of undersea fiber-optic cables, bringing in some of the fastest and cheapest data transmission on the African continent. Kenya’s Startup Stars 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z A news release from the RS Fiber Cooperative says 1,600 homes and business will be connected to fiber-optic cable by the end of this year. High-speed Internet project breaks ground in rural Minnesota 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Little Rock installed a citywide fiber-optic network in early 2014, and the police department integrated most of its systems later in the year. Little Rock police face problems testing body cameras 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z Five months ago, Arlington County decided to offer access to its own 10-mile fiber-optic network to companies located in the county’s major commercial areas as an economic development incentive. Tired of waiting for high-speed Internet? Ask your local government. 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z The latest snips occurred Tuesday, when someone sliced at least three fiber-optic cables in an underground vault in Alameda County east of San Francisco. FBI looks into fiber-optic vandalism in Northern California 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z Since July 6, 2014, fiber-optic cable lines were intentionally severed in Fremont, Berkeley, San Jose and Walnut Creek – at least 10 locations in all, according to the FBI. Phone, TV outages in Sacramento after fiber-optic cables vandalized in Bay Area 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z One way to understand the challenge of sending data through fiber-optic circuits is to imagine a person shouting to someone else down a long corridor. Daily Report: The Promise of Faster Fiber-Optic Transmissions 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z One way to understand a challenge of sending data through fiber-optic circuits is to imagine a person shouting to someone else down a long corridor. Faster Fiber-Optic Transmissions Reported by Researchers 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Alexandria, “like every other government, wants Google” to bring its fiber-optic network to the area, Wilson said. Tired of waiting for high-speed Internet? Ask your local government. 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z For Netflix to thrive in the country, potential online moviegoers must fight through power cuts, jam-packed cities and, well, hungry, fiber-optic cable-eating monkeys. Netflix Is Launching In This Massive New Market 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Tuesday’s incident is the latest vandalism to strike fiber-optic cables in the Bay Area, Wuthrich said. Phone, TV outages in Sacramento after fiber-optic cables vandalized in Bay Area 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z A fiber-optic cable to Venezuela went online in 2013, and the country's first public Wi-Fi center opened earlier this year, offering free internet. Cuba moves to expand internet access for its citizens 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z “Google is the only player in cloud that owns lots of fiber-optic cable worldwide, and it replicates its users’ data in nine different places at all times.” Google Is Its Own Secret Weapon in the Cloud 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z “We measure distance in miles, but fiber-optic cable diameter in millimeters,” he wrote. Lincoln Chafee’s metric system endorsement thrills fans 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z New Mexico received more than $170 million of that money to subsidize laying fiber-optic cables and create networks around the state. High-speed Internet has yet to reach rural New Mexicans 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z The incident damaged fiber-optic cables owned by at least two companies, Level 3 and Zayo. Phone, TV outages in Sacramento after fiber-optic cables vandalized in Bay Area 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z On May 6, 2008, Siniora and his cabinet issued one order outlawing the fiber-optic network and another dismissing the security chief at the Beirut airport, who was an ally of the Party. Lebanon and the Start of Iran and Saudi Arabia’s Proxy War 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z Thanks in large part to AOL’s longtime presence in the area, the county is rife with inexpensive fiber-optic cable and electrical capacity. Data centers and Metro are both coming to Loudoun County. How is that going to work? 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Dr. Kuchling examined the sedated female’s cloaca with a fiber-optic endoscope to locate the compartment leading to her oviducts. Scientists Make Novel Attempt to Save Giant Turtle Species 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z A lack of competition and government incentives help drive up Internet prices for rural residents, as does the high cost of installing fiber-optic cables in thinly populated areas. High-speed Internet has yet to reach rural New Mexicans 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z And DSL technology afforded the phone companies a path to do that for years without having to undertake the costly alternative of installing fiber-optic cable into homes. Joseph Lechleider, a Father of the DSL Internet Technology, Dies at 82 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z Backhaus says the leak was caused by workers who were trying to install fiber-optic cables and hit a gas line near the courthouse. Gas leak prompts evacuation in northern Iowa town 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z In their report the experts noted that the presence of so much fiber-optic cable in the area “prompted the construction of numerous data centers to serve business, government, and defense electronics users.” Data centers and Metro are both coming to Loudoun County. How is that going to work? 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Cuba’s main link to the global Internet is a single undersea fiber-optic cable that runs across the Caribbean to Venezuela. Cuba’s digital entrepreneurs hamstrung by dearth of broadband 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z Yet the new fiber-optic data link to Europe — part of a 6,000-mile cable running from Germany to Oman — is an explicit move for better international connection. Tech investments show an Iran eager to end isolation 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z That vulnerability was revealed when vandals sliced a fiber-optic cable in the Arizona desert last month. 39 percent of rural Illinois without high-speed Internet 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z Instead, he’s selling space on a new fiber-optic transmission line to Internet providers, telecommunications companies and anyone wanting high-speed data. Backup options for Internet lines can be costly, complicated 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z Instead, he's selling space on a new fiber-optic transmission line to Internet providers, telecommunications companies and anyone wanting high-speed data. Backup options for Internet lines can be costly, complicated 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z Duodenoscopes consist of a flexible fiber-optic tube that is threaded down the throat, through the stomach and small intestine to diagnose and treat conditions in the pancreas and bile ducts. Lawmaker questions maker of scopes tied to ‘superbug’ issues 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z Iran also, until recently, had relatively few fiber-optic data links and little mobile connectivity through its cellular networks. Tech investments show an Iran eager to end isolation 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z Xelflex's fiber-optic thread is robust enough for use in sportswear, with only a small, credit card-sized, electronics pack being the only other component. Xelflex smart fabric gives intelligent feedback for athletes 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z The specialized endoscopes consist of a flexible fiber-optic tube that is inserted down the throat, through the stomach and small intestine to diagnose and treat conditions in the pancreas and bile ducts. FDA wants more info on scopes linked to "superbug" outbreaks 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z This is the network of fiber-optic cables and junctions that connect Wikipedia with its global community of readers and editors. Stop Spying on Wikipedia Users 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z New fiber-optic infrastructure runs the length of the state, from Wilmington to Georgetown, funded in part by the state’s economic development office. Best state in America: Delaware, for its fast Internet 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z Union Station became an attractive place for high-tech ventures because the high-speed fiber-optic lines carriers use run along the nearby railroad easements. Work begins to transform Studebaker plant into high-tech hub 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z The developers say the Xelflex technology is now at an advanced stage, and they are looking to work with fashion and design companies who are able to integrate their fiber-optic into truly desirable sports clothing. Xelflex smart fabric gives intelligent feedback for athletes 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z The vessels are towing side-scan sonar devices that glide above the ocean floor at the end of armored fiber-optic cables up to 10,000 yards long, creating detailed maps of the ocean floor. To Explain Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight, ‘Rogue Pilot’ Seems Likeliest Theory 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z The Italian government approved a plan on Tuesday to bring its high-speed broadband network into line with European Union targets, but it held back from forcing operators to replace their copper-wire networks with fiber-optic cable. Italy approves plan to boost broadband networks 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z They say the rules will limit investment in both mobile and fiber-optic broadband, and reduce innovation because operators will not be able to generate sufficient revenue from their networks. After Net Neutrality Vote, Wheeler Turns to Salesmanship 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z Google, for example, is introducing fiber-optic networks in several American cities, offering television and Internet services at speeds of up to one gigabit a second, 100 times as fast as the average Internet connection. An Uneasy Relationship Between Telecom and Tech 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z Xelflex uses bend-sensitive fiber-optic that are stitched inside the clothing to provide intelligent feedback for athletes without encumbering them with bulking electronics. Xelflex smart fabric gives intelligent feedback for athletes 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z Making it cheaper and easier for companies to wire neighborhoods with fiber-optic lines – or build new wireless towers – should be a no-brainer for Congress and the FCC. Why the FCC’s vote to regulate the Internet is a mistake 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z The company believes a cut fiber-optic line is the cause, but that hasn’t been confirmed. Outage Halts Internet, Cell Service in Northern Arizona 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z Juarez says the company believes a cut fiber-optic line is the cause, but that hasn't been confirmed. Outage halts Internet, cell service in northern Arizona 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z The County Board voted unanimously Saturday to license access to Arlington’s 10-mile fiber-optic network in the county’s major commercial areas, as long as the final connection is to an entity located in Arlington. D.C. police identify woman found murdered in January 2015-02-21T05:00:00Z The technology built on the developers' extensive experience in industrial fiber-optic sensors and low-cost impulse radar. Xelflex smart fabric gives intelligent feedback for athletes 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z The fast, fiber-optic service lured him and his wife, Tina Wallace, to Wilson. Visual effects artist works movie magic from Wilson home 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z That spending, on projects like a self-driving car, Google Glass, fiber-optic lines in American cities and even space exploration, generates plenty of buzz for the company. Google’s Time at the Top May Be Nearing Its End 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z New elevators, heating and cooling systems, and fiber-optic cables are being installed the building, a labyrinth of rooms. High Line, Cited in Chelsea Complex’s Decline, Poised to Bolster a Recovery 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z In the background are the city’s talks with CenturyLink about fiber-optic cable. Seattle looks to pull plug on cable-TV districts 2015-02-07T05:00:00Z They are used, for instance, in atomic clocks, fiber-optic communication, restorative eye surgery and supermarket bar-code readers. Charles H. Townes, Nobel laureate and laser pioneer, dies at 99 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z In industry and government, they are used for high-speed transmission of data over fiber-optic cables. Charles Townes, 99, dies; his laser helped transform society 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z This time, the biggest change is one viewers don’t see: the 1,110 miles of fiber-optic cable wired throughout DC-2. Inside the studio where ESPN is betting billions on the future of sports 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z Google — the 800-pound search gorilla — is providing high-speed fiber-optic cable in select communities. Guest: Sen. Maria Cantwell can lead on communications reform in 2015 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z He founded a telecommunications startup that laid fiber-optic cables throughout Rwanda, then a satellite company to bring high-speed, affordable Internet service to islands and other remote locales. The New Space Race: One Man's Mission to Build a Galactic Internet 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z It said the e-mails, taken from a tap on fiber-optic cables, included conversations between reporters and editors consulting on stories. British spy agency scoops up journalists’ e-mails 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z Google, for one, is experimenting with its own fiber-optic networks in Kansas City, Mo.; Austin, Texas; and Provo, Utah. Dark fiber may help light up competition in broadband market 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z When it first appeared the FCC might move in this direction, AT&T announced a pause of its investment in fiber-optic networks—a move the FCC didn’t seem to appreciate. FCC’s Wheeler Warms Up to Obama’s Wishes on Net Neutrality 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z The trio said they would spend nearly $200 million on a fiber-optic network snaking through Pennsylvania on a 363-mile arc from New York City to Northern Virginia. Pa. rock stars’ tech venture hits a few flat notes 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z Workers—including Wyler, on occasion—dug trenches to lay hundreds of miles of fiber-optic cable and set up Africa’s first 3G cellular network. The New Space Race: One Man's Mission to Build a Galactic Internet 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Unless major investment is made to run high-capacity fiber-optic cable to most neighborhoods, the existing infrastructure will soon be overwhelmed. Shades of complexity dominate the debate over ‘net neutrality’ As if on cue, Mr. Stephenson said at an investment conference Wednesday that the company would halt plans to expand fiber-optic networks to 100 cities until the F.C.C. decided whether to follow Mr. Obama’s recommendation. F.C.C. Asks AT&T for Details on Plans to Halt Fiber Expansion 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z Google Inc said it is offering early access to its super-fast fiber-optic network for small businesses in certain areas in Kansas City, Kansas. Google offers Fiber plan to small businesses in Kansas City 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z Pinetops buys electric power from the City of Wilson, which also owns the fiber-optic network. In Rural America, Challenging a Roadblock to High-Speed Internet 2014-11-09T05:00:00Z At that distance, data can travel up and back in about 150 milliseconds, a performance comparable to fiber-optic cable. The New Space Race: One Man's Mission to Build a Galactic Internet 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Services: companies that provide communications services primarily through fixed-line, cellular, wireless, high bandwidth, and/or fiber-optic cable networks. FidelityVoice: Q4 Investing Outlook: A Case For Tech Stocks 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z Park officials are in discussions with CenturyLink about installing a $34 million fiber-optic line into Yellowstone’s interior, dramatically improving connectivity in certain areas for mobile devices. Yellowstone park considers bumping up bandwidth 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z In each case, the networks are fiber-optic, which transfer data exponentially faster than cable networks. Why the U.S. Has Fallen Behind in Internet Speed and Affordability 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z The information from this array, though, is being sent elsewhere — beamed by fiber-optic cable to a windowless room of another airport, 100 miles south, in the slightly larger town of Sundsvall. Directing Planes, by Remote Control 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z But state officials hope a forthcoming project to lay 3,000 miles of fiber-optic cables throughout the state - which will begin with eastern Kentucky - will be a key piece of transforming the region’s economy. News briefs from around Kentucky at 1:58 a.m. EDT 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z The cities seem to be connected only by fiber-optic cables after Kansas City won a national competition to be the first place to get Google’s high-speed network. A Modest Rivalry Gains Some Heft 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z A fiber-optic cable stopped 16 miles south of town, on the wrong side of the precipitous Coal Bank Pass. Wired Internet arrives in Silverton, finally 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z But building fiber-optic networks from scratch is complex and messy. Google Fiber to Launch in Austin in December, A Few Months Late 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z Scientists projected light into the mice’s brains by using a fiber-optic cable, which allowed them to shine it in specific areas of the brain without disrupting others. Forget Those Painful Memories With a Memory-Zapper? Some 50 workers are on the site during the day, including on weekends, and the sidewalks are being torn out to install new fiber-optic cables. There goes the neighborhoods: 6 billionaires who ruined their surrounding environs 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z A fiber-optic camera, threaded into a hole in the statue, confirms the box’s existence. Boston finds a 113-Year-Old Time Capsule 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z Similarly, African have rapidly embraced the internet and web services spurring telecommunications companies to lay new high capacity fiber-optic cables down the Atlantic and Indian Ocean coasts. SAPVoice: Africa Is Poised To Power The Next Phase Of Global Economic Growth 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z AT&T plans to expand its “GigaPower” fiber-optic network in six areas that Google marked for Fiber expansion. Former Qualcomm Exec Named Head of Google Fiber 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z For targeting submarines, China is touting a new fiber-optic underwater acoustic detection system, also showcased at the recent arms exposition. Inside the Ring: Terrorist tanker training? 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z Mead in June announced plans for a new fiber-optic line connecting Casper to the Colorado state line. Mead to host 3rd annual Wyoming Broadband Summit 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z It is believed that the electrical current in the fiber-optic lines attract the sharks, triggering a feeding reflex. How Google Stops Sharks From Eating Undersea Cables 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z As the N.S.A. intercepts content in bulk from satellite transmissions and from overseas fiber-optic hubs, Americans’ messages in the mix can be vacuumed up. Reagan-Era Order on Surveillance Violates Rights, Says Departing Aide 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z Whereas Google's network uses fiber-optic cables throughout, traditional cable TV companies tap existing — but slower-moving — coaxial cables for part of the stretch to homes. Competition pushes possibility of ultra-fast Internet in more of U.S. 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z “As compared with the conventional piezoelectric hydrophone, this fiber-optic hydrophone boasts of a sensitivity two to three orders of magnitude higher, and is able to detect extremely weak signals,” the report said. Inside the Ring: Terrorist tanker training? 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z Clark says police are working to integrate the surveillance system with a citywide fiber-optic network. Arkansas police want to up security footage frames 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z Last year, the San Juan County Council declared a state of emergency after an underwater CenturyLink fiber-optic cable was cut, causing a four-day outage. CenturyLink and 911 service out in San Juan Islands 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z That money will go for security cameras, fiber-optic information systems and hand-held tablets that will feed police officers data about suspects, Mr. Bratton said. In Unusually Close Partnership, Police Dept. and District Attorney Team Up to Reduce Crime 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z Nationwide, about 10% of households with broadband Internet get it through a fiber-optic network, according to data from a survey released this week by a trade group called Fiber to the Home Council Americas. Competition pushes possibility of ultra-fast Internet in more of U.S. 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z The long-standing dominance by the fixed line, cable and fiber-optic giants of the U.K. capital’s broadband Internet services market is about to be disrupted by a newcomer mixing advanced cellular technology and traditional telecommunications infrastructure. Asian-owned newcomer threatens to disrupt London’s broadband market - Digits - WSJ 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z In Malinow’s experiment, he and his team still applied the shock, but instead replaced the tone with the fiber-optic light, which they used in an area of the brain that’s related to auditory fear memory. Scientists Erase, Restore Rats' Memories, Offering Clues for Alzheimer's 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z It was as if laying fiber-optic cable and building some of the finest roadways on the Continent was easier than grappling with the enormity, the impossibility, of what had taken place 20 years ago. Dispatch: In Rwanda, Finding Echoes of Germany 2014-05-09T17:13:09Z While the most modern type of insider threat is often borne by electrons via fiber-optic cable, it is by no means the only type of insider threat. Understanding The Many Facets Of Insider Threats 2014-04-17T16:35:00Z Powered by high-speed computing and ultrafast fiber-optic connections, high-frequency trades take place in milliseconds, essentially anticipating big buy and sell orders to capture tiny variations in prices. Argument for Financial Transaction Tax Regains Footing 2014-04-07T21:44:08Z Government intelligence agencies such as NSA monitor Web traffic on a massive scale using equipment wired directly into the fiber-optic cables that form the essential arteries of the Internet. In a prying world, news organizations are struggling to encrypt their online products 2014-04-04T15:30:16Z The light, fed through a fiber-optic cable, is flashed in different patterns into the rats’ skulls. Scientists Erase, Restore Rats' Memories, Offering Clues for Alzheimer's 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z According to Kroft, the device contains 60 kilometers of fiber-optic cables, resembles a box stuffed with fishing line, and has avoided being called “rubbish” by a bunch of people in the financial industry. The Fame-Ready Cast of the Michael Lewis Publicity Blitz 2014-04-02T10:00:16Z If you buy 1,000 shares of Apple, the order is made on a series of 13 public exchanges throughout northern New Jersey that are connected by fiber-optic cables. The Stock Market on ‘Roids: Everything You Need to Know About High-Frequency Trading 2014-04-02T10:47:25Z The lines were the glass fiber-optic cables that carried the information from one box to another. An Adaptation From ‘Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt,’ by Michael Lewis 2014-03-31T09:00:22Z Spread Networks touts that its transmission line, estimated to cost $300 million, is hundreds of miles shorter and milliseconds faster than other fiber-optic lines between the two trading centers. Professor proposes slowing down automated trading 2014-03-29T03:31:23Z Alexander Graham Bell tested the photophone — a device that wirelessly transmits voice communications over light beams and forms the basis for fiber-optic technology — from the school’s roof to his lab in 1880. Washington Group Sees a Cutting-Edge Museum in a Vacant School Building 2014-03-24T01:34:35Z Vines noted that the NSA’s job is to “identify threats within the large and complex system of modern global communications,” where ordinary people share fiber-optic cables with legitimate intelligence targets. NSA surveillance program reaches ‘into the past’ to retrieve, replay phone calls 2014-03-18T15:37:05Z Companies like Yahoo, Google and Microsoft that operate Internet services send vast amounts of data — including video and webcam chats — through the fiber-optic lines between their data centers around the world. British Spies Said to Have Intercepted Yahoo Webcam Images 2014-02-27T22:09:35Z To make his point, Ryan brought in oversize maps of New Jersey showing the fiber-optic networks built by telecom companies. An Adaptation From ‘Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt,’ by Michael Lewis 2014-03-31T09:00:22Z In 2010, Spread Networks, a privately held company based in Mississippi, completed a fiber-optic connection between downtown Chicago, home of the CME Group's electronic trading platform, and exchange data centers in New Jersey. Professor proposes slowing down automated trading 2014-03-29T03:31:23Z “It’s like the wireless equivalent of fiber-optic cables.” Steve Perlman's Amazing Wireless Machine Is Finally Here 2014-02-19T04:04:32Z Comcast, which will now have less competition, will have less motivation to invest in building out infrastructure like fiber-optic networks at the expense of its shareholders. The Media Equation: Stealthily, Comcast Fortifies Its Arsenal 2014-02-17T02:03:15Z Since the fiber-optic network switched on four years ago, the signs of growth in Chattanooga are unmistakable. Fast Internet Service Speeds Business Development in Chattanooga 2014-02-04T00:37:13Z The New York Stock Exchange, less than a mile from Katsuyama’s desk, appeared to be the stock market closest to him — but Ryan’s maps showed the incredible indirection of fiber-optic cable in Manhattan. An Adaptation From ‘Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt,’ by Michael Lewis 2014-03-31T09:00:22Z With a fiber-optic probe attached to a finger or ear lobe, the device could screen one person every 20 seconds for less than 50 cents each. No blood draw needed for new malaria test 2014-01-07T00:28:59Z To widen its access, it teamed up with its British counterpart, Government Communications Headquarters, or GCHQ, to break into the private fiber-optic links that connected Google and Yahoo data centers around the world. Edward Snowden, after months of NSA revelations, says his mission’s accomplished 2013-12-24T02:12:00Z When, you might ask, will the fiber-optic future arrive at your house? The Media Equation: Stealthily, Comcast Fortifies Its Arsenal 2014-02-17T02:03:15Z The reason those phones can beam information around the world at the speed of light is that materials scientists found a way to make glass free of impurity ions, enabling fiber-optic communications. How Supercomputers Will Yield a Golden Age of Materials Science 2013-11-25T13:15:00.723Z The National Security Agency is facing scrutiny in Congress and abroad over revelations that it spied on foreign leaders, broke into fiber-optic cables overseas and gathered e-mails and phone records of innocent Americans. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg says U.S. ‘blew it’ on surveillance 2013-11-24T23:38:22Z Like other major companies, Google and Yahoo constantly send data over leased and shared or exclusive international fiber-optic telecommunication lines as they sync information. NSA intercepts Google, Yahoo traffic overseas: report 2013-10-30T18:46:34Z One project would link Brazil and its peers in the BRICs group of emerging powers through a 34,000 km fiber-optic cable bypassing the United States. Brazil's anti-spying Internet push could backfire, industry says 2013-10-02T11:02:57Z It plans to expand further, using gigabits-per-second fiber-optic cable where possible. Why Tech Geeks Adore Sonic.net 2013-09-26T23:06:05Z It was revealed during the hearings that the United States expects to lay an underwater fiber-optic cable connecting the naval base to Florida within two years in order to improve Internet and telephone communications. Pentagon official says lawyers for Sept. 11 suspects were improperly questioned 2013-09-20T23:16:43Z His traveling habits have changed a bit: With a private jet he keeps the Porsches in the garage; the primitive punch cards have been supplanted by invisible fiber-optic links. Snubbed By Oracle, Workday's Duffield And Bhusri Hit Jackpot 2013-09-16T11:50:00Z By June this year, delays meant just 163,500 premises had been hooked up to the network, which takes a fiber-optic cable direct to households and businesses. Millionaire entrepreneur and his Internet plan key in Australian election 2013-09-06T04:47:55Z Kagame has built hundreds of new schools and laid miles of high-speed fiber-optic lines, wisely investing in infrastructure projects, including environmentally sound ones like a coming geothermal energy plant. The Global Elite’s Favorite Strongman 2013-09-04T09:00:01Z It is also building a 1 billion euro fiber-optic network in Spain with France's Orange. U.S. exit to leave Vodafone with M&A war chest 2013-09-01T19:01:36Z Inspectors will carry the samples in containers, closed with individually-numbered fiber-optic seals. Insight: For U.N. inspectors in Syria, samples hold answers 2013-08-30T13:45:46Z They capture data as it moves across fiber-optic cables and the gateways that direct global communications traffic. NSA paying U.S. companies for access to communications networks 2013-08-30T00:22:03Z More than two years ago, Venezuela confirmed that an undersea fiber-optic cable between the two countries was “fully operational.” Cuba's Slowly Embracing the Internet 2013-08-18T01:35:31Z They needed better Internet access, for starters, and so plan to move into new offices connected to Rwanda's fiber-optic network this summer. Free Online Courses Bring "Magic" to Rwanda 2013-07-24T12:15:00.707Z The planned network, which takes the fiber-optic cable direct to households and businesses, would be one of the most advanced in the world. Australia election threatens shape of $34 billion broadband plan 2013-07-15T21:08:54Z The Washington Post reported last week that the deal allowed Team Telecom, a collection of U.S. government agencies, to access data transferred through Global Crossing's fiber-optic backbone that connects several countries. Level 3 says Global Crossing deal with U.S. did not allow for snooping 2013-07-11T22:38:07Z Another allegation, reported by The Guardian newspaper, is that the Government Communications Headquarters, the British surveillance center, tapped fiber-optic cables carrying international telephone and Internet traffic, then shared the information with the N.S.A. For Western Allies, a Long History of Swapping Intelligence 2013-07-09T22:44:38Z The full extent of the National Security Agency’s access to fiber-optic cables remains classified. Agreements with private companies protect U.S. access to cables’ data for surveillance 2013-07-06T23:01:39Z Even a landlocked country like Rwanda is crisscrossed with fiber-optic cables and getting more wired by the year. Free Online Courses Bring "Magic" to Rwanda 2013-07-24T12:15:00.707Z The new communications infrastructure — which features fiber-optic cables in built-up areas such as Washington, as well as wireless systems in more remote locales — is billed as a catalyst for economic growth. Verizon pursues all-wireless phone service in seaside N.Y. town 2013-07-04T23:54:16Z The first fiber-optic cables were laid down alongside telegraph cables from the mid-1800s. Pacific Islands Struggle With Poor Internet 2013-07-04T04:20:24Z For the kids, we added playgrounds, three-story-high inflatable slides, and a giant splash pad with underwater jets and synchronized fiber-optic lights. Andrew Berlin: How I Saved the Silver Hawks 2013-07-02T19:27:29Z The publicly available agreements offer a window into efforts by U.S. officials to safeguard their ability to conduct surveillance through the fiber-optic networks that carry a huge majority of the world’s voice and Internet traffic. Agreements with private companies protect U.S. access to cables’ data for surveillance 2013-07-06T23:01:39Z If you think of the fiber-optic line as a candy cane, the OAM light beam would be the stripe. A New Twist That Could Speed the Internet 2013-06-27T19:18:52Z Michael K. Powell, the F.C.C. chairman during President George W. Bush’s first term, presided over the decision to exempt new fiber-optic networks from the old regime of price controls and rate-of-return regulation. Op-Ed Contributor: How the U.S. Got Broadband Right 2013-06-21T01:02:57Z The company also reduced costs, tackled its large pension deficit and replaced old copper cabling with more efficient fiber-optic broadband lines for Internet connections. BT Group Chief Resigns to Join British Government 2013-06-19T16:12:43Z In a fiber-optic network, data is communicated in ones and zeros that are represented by pulses of light. Take That, NSA - Scientists Hide Communications Using A Hole In Time 2013-06-06T16:34:02Z Earlier this year, Cuba began sending and receiving data traffic through a fiber-optic cable strung from Venezuela in 2011 that provided the island’s first hard-wired Internet connection to the outside world. Cuban Centers to Offer a Costly Glimpse of the Web 2013-05-28T23:41:39Z The data center’s attraction for tenants is a matter of physics: data, which is transmitted as light pulses through fiber-optic cables, can travel no faster than about a foot every billionth of a second. The Cloud Factories: North Jersey Data Center Industry Blurs Utility-Real Estate Boundaries 2013-05-13T17:22:42Z Data streams in conventional fiber-optic networks are routinely combined, or 'multiplexed', to increase network capacity. Quantum Meld Brings Photons Together 2013-05-09T21:15:00.213Z Provo already built its own fiber-optic network — called iProvo — but the city was forced to put it up for sale due to the local budget crunch that so many U.S. municipalities are facing. ‘Silicon Slopes’: Google Fiber Planned For Provo, Utah 2013-04-18T14:47:27Z The Mountain View, Calif.-based company announced that it will take its high-speed gigabit Internet service to Provo by taking over an existing fiber-optic network there. Google Fiber headed to Provo, Utah 2013-04-17T20:33:45Z University of Chicago computer scientist Ian Foster pressed the clicker and up popped a map of the most sophisticated fiber-optic networks in the world. Tom Pritzker woos big names for U. of C.'s big data 2013-04-14T05:00:00Z Multicolored fiber-optic cables drop from an overhead track into the cage, which allows servers of traders and other financial players elsewhere on the floor to monitor and react nearly instantaneously to the exchange. The Cloud Factories: North Jersey Data Center Industry Blurs Utility-Real Estate Boundaries 2013-05-13T17:22:42Z Gigabit connectivity requires more than the flick of a switch — it requires the laying of fiber-optic cable. Google Fiber, Aereo and why you’re going to love the gigabit future 2013-04-11T16:26:25Z This is why quantum cryptography — a highly secure scheme for sharing information — is usually done inside fiber-optic cables. Quantum Noise-Beating Technique with Entangled Photons Demonstrated for First Time 2013-04-05T17:45:02.510Z Google said it has agreed to purchase an existing fiber-optic network there called iProvo. Google Fiber headed to Provo, Utah 2013-04-17T20:33:45Z The chances of a single photon traveling safely more than around 250 miles in a fiber-optic cable is slim, he said. Quantum Teleportation in Space Explored as Message Encryption Solution 2013-03-15T18:15:06.740Z Li also supplied more specialized devices known as fiber-optic gyroscopes, the officials allege; their main uses are in missiles, robots or remotely operated land or sea vehicles. Exclusive: Chinese trader accused of busting Iran missile embargo 2013-03-01T09:15:30Z Google recently launched a plan to provide high-speed fiber-optic Internet access in the Kansas City metropolitan area. Google Brings Free Public WiFi to Its New York City Neighborhood 2013-01-09T10:45:08Z Landlords Are Blocking Rewiring of Cable After Hurricane, Verizon Says Rewiring all of Lower Manhattan with fiber-optic cable after would be hard enough without landlords blocking the way with their palms open. Landlords Blocking Rewiring of Cable After Hurricane, Verizon Says 2013-01-08T02:32:29Z Alcatel-Lucent is considering the sale of such assets as its undersea fiber-optic cable unit. Behind Alcatel-Lucent's Desperate Search for Cash 2012-12-07T19:53:28Z Even using fiber-optic cables is not the answer, according to Joshua Bienfang, at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, another expert in the field. Quantum Teleportation in Space Explored as Message Encryption Solution 2013-03-15T18:15:06.740Z Despite their ability to carry prodigious amounts of data, fiber-optic cables are also highly insecure. Fiber Optic Breakthrough to Improve Internet Security Cheaply 2012-11-20T07:00:00Z Whatever happens with the fiber-optic cable project, Dotcom continues to receive good news -- despite being out on bail since January. IHT Rendezvous: Does Dotcom Have New Zealand Wired? Not Yet. 2012-11-09T00:00:27Z This fall, technicians will start laying fiber-optic cable to bring high-speed Internet to the town. Vermont School Cut Off From Technology Faces Its Intrusion 2012-11-07T21:26:07Z Las Vegas sits on top of one of the largest intersections of fiber-optic networks in the world. Does Congress Get a Passing Grade on Science? 2012-10-17T11:15:01.200Z Computer processing of the data, which is transported by a fiber-optic cable from the sensor, creates stunning high-resolution 3-D videos of beating hearts. Labs Seek New Ways to Look Inside the Body 2012-10-08T22:34:16Z Dulic and associates are accused of issuing permits to a Slovenia-based firm to lay fiber-optic cables along highways in Serbia without proper tendering procedures and documentation. Serb lawmaker accused of corruption stripped of immunity 2012-10-08T16:35:18Z The cost of the antennas, a supercomputer to crunch the data, and fiber-optic links and other infrastructure totals about $400 million. Australia Completes Powerful New Radio Telescope 2012-10-05T17:55:59Z For example, as roads are ripped up for planned water infrastructure upgrades, a broadband provider could install underground fiber-optic cable for the gigabit network. City plans free Wi-Fi in public spaces 2012-09-25T02:57:00Z Railroads also gave Mr. Anschutz entree into the world of telecommunications, as he began building fiber-optic cable along routes and eventually formed Qwest Communications. DealBook: Valuing What Anschutz Entertainment Might Be Worth 2012-09-20T16:13:59Z In New York City, fiber-optic cables are bundled together in large clusters that snake underneath the sidewalk. Google Fiber Issues Public Challenge: Get Up To Speed! 2012-09-16T22:35:24Z One is a suitcase-size system that wireless carriers can use to link cellular transmission towers when fiber-optic cable is impractical. Through Airport Security in the Blink of an Eye 2012-08-23T01:35:09Z Google Fiber launches: Google announced Thursday that it has launched Google Fiber in Kansas City, Mo. and is allowing potential customers for the fiber-optic service to pre-register. White House reaffirms support for Lieberman-Collins cybersecurity bill #thecircuit 2012-07-26T19:10:00Z Enter , whose ambitious plans, besides driverless cars and high-tech glasses, include stringing high-speed fiber-optic cable directly to homes and businesses. Google's Smoking-Fast Fiber Network 2012-07-26T17:00:06Z Maybe we are underestimating the impact of big data mining, ARM processor architecture, and fiber-optic cables. No Laughing in Jerusalem 2012-06-25T05:00:00Z Cable, fiber-optic and high-speed Ethernet loops are the future of the middle mile, quickly displacing the legacy copper networks of traditional phone companies. The FCC Noses Under the Broadband Internet Tent 2012-06-06T21:53:39Z Her cord, twisted like a fiber-optic cable, was still attached to the placenta, which bubbled lightly in a bloodied salad bowl next to Hargis. Ina May Gaskin and the Battle for at-Home Births 2012-05-23T19:07:27Z |
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