Construction workers install fiber-optic infrastructure for Comcast in Waller County, Texas, in December 2023. Residents and businesses on the northern outskirts of the Houston region will soon be ...

(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.

When most folks think of Comcast's internet service, they think cable. Since the company started offering online access, it has been over the same copper wires as cable-based TV. But that's changing.

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 ...

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.