Discover differences between fiber, cable, 5G, DSL and satellite internet to select the best connection type for your home ...

In order to install cable into the conduit and cable trays, hand pulling is permitted for short distances. The cable itself is quite stiff, so it can even be pushed from the reel into the conduit. If ...

Tubular laser beams can create what amount to fiber-optic cables made of thin air, researchers report in a study to appear in Physical Review X. Laser-heated air can efficiently transmit light signals ...

Simple fiber-optic cables that are essential for powering the internet can be a useful tool in spotting geohazards such as ...

Many miles off the western coast of the Americas, an undersea cable connects Los Angeles, California to Valparaiso, Chile. Stretched end-to-end, it’s equal to four-fifths of the Earth’s diameter. The ...

A new study suggests using fiber optic cables on the ocean floor could track underwater fault ruptures and improve earthquake ...

Thousands of miles of fiber-optic cables, already in place across California, can shake up the study of earthquakes. New research out of Caltech used a section of telecommunication fiber to sense and ...

Scientists have been “eavesdropping” on whales in the Arctic using fiber-optic cables. In July, a group of scientists published a study that took a practical method usually used to monitor the cables ...

Scientists were able to use the data from a fiber optic cable and a sensitive measuring device to “image” the Mendocino ...