Fiber optic technology is the backbone of modern digital infrastructure, and recent innovations are propelling its capabilities to new heights. In the past few years, breakthroughs in materials, ...

Designing fiber optic networks involves finding the most efficient way to connect phones and computers that are in different places -- a costly and time-consuming process. Now researchers have ...

Brainiac75] is a fan of fiber optic lamps, except for one thing—they’re often remarkably dim. Thus, they set out to hack the technology to deliver terrifying amounts of light while still ...

Ammon, a town of roughly 16,000, shares its entire western border with Idaho Falls, a town of roughly 62,000. The two towns share a sibling rivalry that at worst leads to bouts of squabbling, but at ...

Its “dark fiber” project in Huntsville creates a model that might finally thrust US Internet access into the 21st Century Illustration by Patrycja Podkościelny This week, Google launched what amounts ...

Editor’s note: This is part of a series about the fiber-optic internet revolution taking place in Bonneville County, where the cities of Ammon and Idaho Falls have used public network ownership to ...

In a growing number of cities, high-speed Internet is seen as another essential utility, like water, sewers, roads or electricity. If cable and phone companies don't provide faster web service, more ...

In 2000, internet access was a bit of a luxury. It was useful, but you could easily get by without it. Today, that’s no longer true. Work, commerce, schooling and participation in the public sphere — ...