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As long-distance phone companies raced to install fiber optic networks between areas that experienced heavy phone traffic, such as New York and Washington, the industry grew at an explosive rate.

Vandals who slashed fiber-optic cables are being blamed for phone and internet service outages across Southern California’s high desert Sunday, according to officials. Officials for Spectrum, an ...

Fiber optics is a method of data transfer carried out by long strands of glass or plastic, about as thick as a strand of hair, ... phone, or cable, you'll need to join a fiber-optic network.

Thirteen cables were severed in the June 15 incident, cutting service to a U.S. military base, 911 and other emergency dispatch centers, fire and police departments and healthcare facilities.

Shenandoah Telecommunications SHEN’s subsidiary, Glo Fiber, recently unveiled its 100% fiber-optic broadband service in select neighborhoods of Hillsboro, OH. The ongoing efforts to bring world-class ...

When there’s a power outage, a phone connected to a copper wire line will still work, while the technically superior fiber optic lines will work only as long as a battery back-up does.

Mercer; Montgomery phone service down after Route 206 fiber optic cable cut. Published: ; Aug. 28, 2012, 11:20 p.m.

Old copper phone lines work in outtages, fiber optics need battery backup. Old copper phone lines work in outtages, fiber optics need battery backup. Skip to content. News 4 Buffalo.

Bruce Bennett, left, and Jordan Bechetl, right, of Golden State Utility, prep cable before applying a fusion splice as they work to repair a fiber-optic cable that was cut by vandals in San Carlos ...

As more Hawaii consumers transition to fiber-based communication services, the question about how alarm systems may be affected by this transition comes up more frequently. The short answer is no ...

Vandals who slashed fiber-optic cables are being blamed for phone and internet service outages across Southern California's high desert Sunday, according to officials. Officials for Spectrum, an ...