(TNS) — Residents of several North Slope and Northwest Alaska communities have been experiencing Internet and cell service interruptions this week caused by a cut to the subsea fiber-optic network.

History was unmade last year, as engineers began the massive project of ripping the first-ever transoceanic fiber-optic cable from the ocean floor. Just don’t mention sharks.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Starting Friday morning, Verizon customers reported cellular and internet interruptions in areas across the county, a spokesperson ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vandals who slashed fiber-optic cables are being blamed for phone and internet service outages across Southern California's high ...

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Fiber-based networks make up the majority of the internet's backbone. Fiber-optic subsea cables spanning thousands of miles connect continents together, exchanging data at nearly the speed of light.

Forecasting earthquakes presents a serious challenge on land, but in the oceans that cover around 70% of Earth's surface it ...

(TNS) — U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and Sen. Raphael Warnock stood in front of stools of red, white and blue fiber optic cables Friday afternoon to announce a Norcross job expansion aimed at ...

An internet outage is affecting customers from Pinehurst to Carthage after the Moore County Sheriff's Office reported that someone intentionally cut fiber optic lines in two places. An internet outage ...

Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have shown how using fiber optic cables, a pervasive, if unseen, fixture in today’s society, could help better predict when an earthquake might ...

LOVES PARK, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Metronet today announced plans to bring multi-gigabit internet service to homes and businesses in Loves Park. The company’s private, $9M investment will fund the ...