Verizon winds down expensive FiOS expansion
(AP) -- If Verizon Communications Inc. hasn't already started wiring your city or town with its FiOS fiber-optic TV and broadband service, chances are you won't get it.
Telecom
Mar 26, 2010
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The Internet comes to you across the bottom of the ocean
The Internet brings you data from around the world almost instantly. This information, coming from Geneva or Tokyo or Buenos Aires, arrives in the U.S. not from satellite but along cables that sit on the bottom of the ocean. ...
Telecom
Mar 24, 2010
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Madagascar connected to EASSy fiber optic cable
Madagascar has been connected to EASSy, a high bandwidth fibre optic cable that connects countries on Africa's eastern coast to the rest of the world, Telecom Malagasy (Telma) said Saturday.
Telecom
Mar 20, 2010
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FCC clears deep-sea fiber-optic cable linking Asia, California
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has given the green light for a trans-Pacific fiber-optic cable funded by an international consortium that includes Google. The new cable, expected to be carrying data traffic by ...
Telecom
Oct 9, 2009
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Building a better qubit: Combining 6 photons together results in highly robust qubits
Exploiting quantum mechanics for transmitting information is a tantalizing possibility because it promises secure, high speed communications. Unfortunately, the fragility of methods for storing and sending quantum information ...
Quantum Physics
Oct 5, 2009
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Carrier Pigeon Faster Than Broadband Internet
(PhysOrg.com) -- In South Africa, a carrier pigeon carrying a 4GB memory stick proved to be faster than the ADSL service from the country's biggest web firm, Telkom. Winston the pigeon took one hour and eight minutes to carry ...
Remote Wash. community to get phone service
(AP) -- One of the most remote communities in the lower 48 states is finally set to get phone service.
Telecom
Jul 23, 2009
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U-verse offers TV alternative and more
OK, I admit it. When I am asked to test questionable software, I usually install it first on my wife's computer. And my kids are crash-test dummies ramming head-first into all sorts of dubious products. But they don't care ...
Telecom
May 27, 2009
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Broadband ISPs test download caps, face resistance from more data-heavy users
All-you-can-eat buffets lose a lot of their luster when you have to pay by the pound. Will the same hold true for broadband Internet access?
Telecom
Apr 29, 2009
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Low-tech tools take out phones in Silicon Valley
(AP) -- Forget, for a moment, computer viruses and sophisticated cybercrimes. A hacksaw and a few other tools were probably all it took for someone to sever eight fiber-optic cables in Silicon Valley this week, knocking ...
Telecom
Apr 11, 2009
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