An curved arrow pointing right. Computer science Professor Paul Barford and a team of researchers recently published the first publicly available map of the US's long-haul fiber-optic cable network.

That makes fiber one of the least available internet connection types despite its speeds. Cable is second to fiber since it lacks the full-speed potential and reliability of a fiber-optic service ...

In January, sea ice severed a fiber-optic cable running along the floor of the Beaufort Sea several miles off the North Slope. The line is a key piece of Northwest Alaska’s broadband ...