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With the right tools, fiber can be used to hear footsteps, detect ground movement, feel shifts in temperature and sense when ...

There are miles of cables that run under the Red Sea, but what are they for and why are they so important? What happens if ...

Laced across the cold depths of the world's oceans is a network of multimillion-dollar cables, which have become the vital connections of our online lives. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 ...

Penn engineers have taken quantum networking from the lab to Verizon’s live fiber network, using a silicon “Q-chip” that ...

Is there a place for small, local company in a high-speed internet market dominated by telecommunications giants such as AT&T, Verizon and Comcast? Ezee Fiber is betting yes. Since launching in July, ...

The MBTA will spend roughly $80 million to install an underground fiber cable network, which will aim to improve safety across the commuter rail system and reduce service disruptions. The new ...

Project brings reliable high-speed connectivity to an additional 3,060 households and businessesFiber benefits community in remote work, gaming, ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IQ Fiber, Northeast Florida’s only local residential fiber-optic internet service provider, has activated the first portion of its fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network ...

From data centers to AI to 5G internet, how we use the internet has a much bigger effect on our Earth than we might imagine. Cierra was an associate writer for CNET's broadband team, covering all ...