(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. Vandals who slashed fiber-optic cables are being blamed for phone and internet service outages across Southern California's high ...

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 ...

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

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.

(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 ...

Google has announced plans to build a new network of high-capacity subsea cables and fiber-optic routes connecting India with ...

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 ...