A hollow-core fiber cable just carried 51.3 Tb/s across 200 km
China's YOFC sets a new long-haul fiber record – no signal boosters required
Iran's internet blackout passes 1,000 hours as connectivity drops to near zero
Internet blackout is now one of the longest ever recorded
Alphabet spins out GFiber as it merges with Astound in major broadband deal
The new company will span 26 states and challenge regional incumbents with a mix of cable and fiber infrastructure
Steam delivered 100 exabytes of data last year, about 274 petabytes per day
The platform's data traffic has grown roughly 30% each year since 2020
FCC could roll back rule requiring ISPs to list every fee, apparently, there are too many
Internet providers may no longer have to itemize discretionary fees under the FCC proposal
Streaming YouTube over dial-up: how one creator hit 668 kbps with 12 modems
A multilink PPP modem array and Windows XP combined to surpass dial-up era broadband thresholds
Verizon agrees to offer $20 broadband in California to win Frontier merger approval
75,000 new fiber connections planned for California's underserved areas
Amazon demos Project Kuiper's high-speed satellite internet with 1.2 Gbps test
Amazon moves closer to Starlink rivalry
IPv6 reaches majority use in 21 countries as Starlink and other providers modernize global connectivity
Starlink's network is built on IPv6 by default
Trump administration throws wrench into $42 billion broadband rollout
The program may scrap Biden's fiber preference, opening the door for Starlink and fixed wireless providers
United becomes largest airline to deploy fast Starlink in-flight Wi-Fi
Say goodbye to Airplane Mode and hello to endless doom scrolling at 30,000 feet
Broadband policy shift in the US drops fiber priority, could funnel billions to Starlink
Critics denounce the move will lead to slower and less reliable Internet
New long-range Wi-Fi HaLow router hits the market for less than $100, up to 10-mile connectivity
Morse Micro's router pushes boundaries with 32Mbps HaLow and 300Mbps Wi-Fi 4 speeds
Bolivians turn to Starlink smuggling amid slow internet and limited coverage
Bolivia is exploring options as a key satellite approaches the end of its operational life
Openreach is testing 50Gbps broadband in the UK using Nokia kits
Commercial offerings rated for this kind of symmetric speed aren't expected anytime soon
New York implements $15 broadband law for low-income households
ISPs must offer $15-$20 broadband plans to eligible customers
Supreme Court quashes Big Telecom's attempt to avoid New York State's low-income price regulation
Law mandates affordable internet plans for low-income households, capping rates at $15 and $20
Meta plans to lay down a $10 billion subsea fiber optic cable
The "mother of all submarine cables" will traverse three oceans
NASA streams 4K video from aircraft to space (and back) at blistering speeds using laser tech
900 Mbps is faster than what the average US household enjoys
Blistering 402 Tb/s fiber optic speeds achieved by unlocking unused wavelengths
Amid 6G promises, scientists find a way to wring incredible speeds out of boring old fiber
What just happened? Scientists in Japan have just blown the doors off what we thought was possible with conventional fiber optic cables. A team led by the country's National Institute of Information and Communications Technology has set a new world record by transmitting data at a blistering 402 terabits per second through an existing fiber optic line. That's fast enough to download over 50,000 HD movies in a single second.
Google is building the first fiber optic cable connecting Africa and Australia
Called the Umoja cable route, it includes access points that give other countries entry to the network
Fiber optic researchers showcase speeds 4.5 million times faster than average home broadband
The breakthrough could provide an affordable path to upgrade existing fiber networks
The big picture: The ability to move massive amounts of data as quickly as possible continues to become more critical to our everyday lives. Earlier this month, researchers published the results of an experiment that could help increase transmission speeds exponentially using existing fiber optic infrastructure.
FCC finally bans cable industry's "hidden fee" scam
Big Cable is not happy about it either
Nvidia GeForce Now Ultimate vs. Your Own RTX GPU
Nvidia's GeForce Now has changed a lot in the year since we asked the question: which is better, a new graphics card or a subscription to GeForce Now's Ultimate tier?
