Fiber-optic services are becoming more popular, and networks are expanding to cover more areas for faster data transfer speeds. Fiber-optic data transfer differs from traditional methods like ...

Huge masses of data flash around the world along thousands of miles of fiber optic cables. They are regularly tapped - sometimes legally, mostly secretly. While this technology is simple, filtering is ...

The same fiber optic networks that provide internet can simultaneously act as earthquake sensors, as demonstrated in a new study. In California, thousands of miles of fiber optic cables crisscross the ...