Placed within a borehole drilled deep through the layers of a landslide, a fiber optic cable captured tiny, periodic stick-slip events that offer a unique glimpse at the complex movements within the ...

Many electricians have broadened their work model in recent years to include coaxial and Ethernet wiring for communications and data networks. This is usually seen as a good move, given the fact that ...

Originally deployed to record re-entry signals of the OSIRIS-REx return capsule, a T-shaped fiber optic cable draped across ...

A fiber-optic cable lying quietly on the seafloor has captured 56,000 iceberg break-offs in just three weeks. This experiment ...

SAN JUAN ISLAND, Wash. (AP) — As dawn broke over San Juan Island, a team of scientists stood on the deck of a barge and unspooled over a mile of fiber-optic cable into the frigid waters of the Salish ...

The last thing ISPs considered protecting their internet cables from was rats, but rodents have been damaging infrastructure ...

Spectrum is offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for the theft of fiber optic cables in Johnston County. Authorities say a rise in copper prices has led ...

Fiber optic cable is one of the fastest ways to deliver the internet, because its bandwidth is thousands of times greater than, say, coaxial cables—those wires with a pin sticking out from the center ...

Southwick has already used 36.8% of the total amount allocated to build a partial town-owned fiber-optic network for utility ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russia has started using fiber-optic cables to fly its cheap fixed-wing "Molniya" strike drones. Fiber-optic cables have been used ...

Some neighborhoods are dotted with grass mesh after cable companies came through earlier this year. If you are confused about ...

Nine people were arrested in the theft of underground fiber optic cable in San Bernardino that caused service outages for two days. The cable was stolen Tuesday near the intersection of East Fairway ...