ISP tricked customers about fiber optics being used in their internet service, German court rules — 'full fiber' customers found to have 'last mile' copper connections

German ISP 1&1 advertises its FTTC connections as fiber optic DSL, implying to the customers that they're getting a full ...

A guide to fiber optics, and how fiber-optic networks are improving data transfer

Fiber-optic services are becoming more popular, and networks are expanding to cover more areas for faster data transfer ...
Forbes

DSL vs. Cable vs. Fiber Internet: Major Differences, Pros And Cons

Rebecca Brill is a writer whose essays have appeared in The Paris Review Daily, VICE, Literary Hub, and elsewhere. She runs the Susan Sontag's Diary and the Sylvia Plath's Food Diary accounts on ...
Government Technology

Severed Fiber-Optic Cable Leaves Alaskans Without Internet

(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.
ABC11 on MSN

3 men charged with cutting, trying to steal fiber lines that led to massive outage in Moore Co.

MOORE COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) -- The Moore County Sheriff's Office said they've arrested two men connected to fiber lines that ...
Science News

Here’s how to make a fiber-optic cable out of air using a laser

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 ...