Every child of the ’70s remembers the first mainstream application of fiber optics: Color-changing lamps that were as cheap as they were mesmerizing. Nowadays fiber has to handle more serious but just ...

I thought I was done with cabling issues after we got through the recent series that ended up focusing a lot on fiber optics vs. copper wiring for LANs… oh, who am I kidding – of course I knew I ...

Dallas City Council Member Carolyn King-Arnold encourages new initiatives to curb the theft of copper and fiber-optic cable. Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer The rise in copper and fiber-optics ...

Last month I raised the issue of the future of desktop cabling. I got a tremendous response from many readers – for which I’m very grateful – and I’d like to share the varied and valuable opinions ...

Spectrum is offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for the theft of fiber optic cables in Johnston County. Authorities say a rise in copper prices has led ...

Telecommunications as an industry is often bogged down by technological inertia. Various regulations and dependencies mean that new innovations often don’t come to market for close to a decade, and ...

The transition from copper to fiber optics is a critical phase. Monopoly watchdogs call for more regulation and minimum standards for residential connections. In its 14th Sector Report on ...