Fiber optic cables are composed of one or more transparent fibers enclosed in protective coverings and strength members. Fiber optic cables allow signals, such as light, to travel through without ...

Duplex cables are fiber optic cables with two optical fibers. Multifiber Cable Multifiber cables are fiber optic cables with several optical fibers. Single Mode Single mode fibers have a small core, ...

But when it comes to cable versus fiber internet, there's no question that fiber is the superior technology. Fiber-optic lines can deliver faster download and symmetrical upload speeds using the ...

Figuring out which high-speed internet plan to sign up for can be surprisingly daunting when you’re faced with three different types of internet connection: DSL, cable and fiber optic.

Since the 1850s, we've been laying cables across oceans to become better connected. Today, there are hundreds of thousands of miles of fiber optic cables constantly transmitting data between nations.

Every time we perform this ritual, I can’t help but wonder about all the gear that makes it possible, including the fiber optic cables running beneath the Atlantic Ocean. Undersea communications ...

The Maui News/Megan Moseley Construction of a submarine optical fiber cable system aimed at improving high-speed broadband internet throughout the state may start construction on Maui in the near ...

There's more than one way to get online. Fiber internet is the fastest connection type, but does that automatically make it the best? Cierra is an associate writer for CNET's broadband team ...

Fiber is also used to replace copper cable for LAN backbones. An optical fiber is constructed of a transparent core made of nearly pure silicon dioxide (SiO2), through which the light travels.

Part of the challenge is that the optical fiber inside the cladding is often very small — as few as 9 microns. That’s a small target to hit without some alignment help, which [Les] uses a ...

The Greater Kansas City Crime Stoppers group is looking for any identifying information after fiber optic cable vandalism has caused disruptions to emergency services communications and internet ...