News tagged with copper telephone lines

Technology convergence may widen the digital divide

(Phys.org) -- Technology is helping communication companies merge telephone, television and Internet services, but a push to deregulate may leave some customers on the wrong side of the digital divide during this convergence, ...

Technology / Telecom

created May 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Fiber-optic speeds achieved over copper lines

(PhysOrg.com) -- Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent's research arm, has demonstrated industry record broadband download speeds of up to 300 Megabits per second using two traditional twisted pair copper telephone lines. ...

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 28, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (11) | comments 9 | with audio podcast report




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Google hints at TV service for ultra-fast broadband test

Google Inc. has sent an ever-clearer signal that it could be bringing a TV service to the Kansas City market.

Technology / Telecom

created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Into the magnetic blue yonder

Probing the quantum mechanics of magnetism is not for the faint of heart. Literally. The door to Madalina Furis’ laboratory on the fifth floor of the Cook Building has a sign that reads “Stop! No ...

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Alcatel-Lucent: We've seen the future and it's (still) copper

(PhysOrg.com) -- Alcatel-Lucent is promoting a commercial broadband-over-copper solution. Its new equipment design will deliver better broadband speeds with standard VDSL2 (stands for Very-high-speed Digital ...

Technology / Telecom

created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 8 | with audio podcast weblog

New architecture for optical fiber networks proposed

The household demand for increased internet bandwidth has grown tremendously because of the popularity of data-intensive internet activities such as movie streaming. Conventional copper telephone lines struggle ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Feb 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Australia embarks on great broadband adventure

From snowy mountains and sun-baked deserts to the steamy tropical north, Australia has begun wiring its vast expanse with a high-tech broadband network in a giant project being closely followed abroad.

Technology / Telecom

created Sep 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

National ads urged enthusiastic consumers to visit copper mines

Today's tourists may stop by the Berkeley Pit in Butte, Mont., to see how large-scale mining resulted in a Superfund site, but Americans in the 1950s had different reasons for visiting the mine, says Montana State University ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Qwest 2Q profit up 18 pct on one-time tax savings

(AP) -- Qwest Communications International Inc.'s second-quarter earnings rose 18 percent because of one-time tax savings, even as revenue continued to slide as customers abandon landline telephones, the phone company said ...

Technology / Business

created Jul 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Next-gen broadband at your service

Faster, smarter broadband networks are on the way, thanks to European research. The next step will be to usher in compelling services for European consumers. Already companies are eager to get their hands on the technologies ...

Technology / Telecom

created Jul 28, 2008 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Answers Sought for U.S. Broadband Decline

A U.S. innovation brain drain, coupled with sloppy government handling of subsidy programs and data collection, have contributed to a decline in the country's broadband standing, technology experts told the Senate Commerce ...

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 25, 2007 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Indian broadband market could explode

The telecom world may still be marveling at India's mobile telephony growth, which at 100 million connections has emerged as the fastest growing in the world, but the other scorching growth story in the country's telecom ...

Technology / Telecom

created Jul 06, 2006 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (13) | comments 0


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