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Singapore Gets Wired for Speed

Singapore could soon be the first country blanketed with a fiber optic infrastructure so fast that it would enable the contents of a DVD to be downloaded in only a few seconds.

Source: NYT > Fiber Optics | 15 June 2010, 12:00 am


Google Set to Showcase Fast Internet

The network is intended to showcase the potential new uses of ultra-high-speed broadband networks.

Source: NYT > Fiber Optics | 11 February 2010, 12:00 am


BITS; Verizon Moving From Landlines

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Source: NYT > Fiber Optics | 21 September 2009, 12:00 am


New Undersea Cables to Expand Broadband in Africa

The expansion will cost about $2.4 billion and connect the continent with Europe and Asia at higher speeds and lower cost.

Source: NYT > Fiber Optics | 10 August 2009, 12:00 am


From Verizon, a Home Phone With the Capabilities of a Cellphone

The Verizon Hub, a home-phone system, uses Voice over Internet Protocol and high-speed fiber optic service to make calls.

Source: NYT > Fiber Optics | 5 February 2009, 12:00 am


How to Travel at a Million Files a Minute

Things power users can do to make sure their Internet connections are as fast as possible.

Source: NYT > Fiber Optics | 21 August 2008, 12:00 am


Verizon’s FiOS: A Smart Bet or a Big Mistake?

As Verizon begins to roll out FiOS in its hometown, New York, the company argues that the service is proving to be more successful than it promised when it started the project.

Source: NYT > Fiber Optics | 19 August 2008, 12:00 am


LETTER; More Broadband Options

Christopher Wolf and Mike McCurry letter on Tim Wu's July 30 Op-Ed article dismisses Wu's warning of impending 'bandwidth cartel'

Source: NYT > Fiber Optics | 4 August 2008, 12:00 am


OPEC 2.0

If we aren’t careful, we’re going to repeat the history of the oil industry by creating a bandwidth cartel.

Source: NYT > Fiber Optics | 30 July 2008, 12:00 am


Verizon May Soon Join Local TV Market, Adding a Cable Option

The telecommunications company is one step closer to adding cable service, which could spur more competition and yield better service for local customers.

Source: NYT > Fiber Optics | 30 April 2008, 12:00 am


Study Gives High Marks to U.S. Internet

The United States, a new report says, isn’t falling behind the rest of the developed world in Internet infrastructure after all.

Source: NYT > Fiber Optics | 9 April 2008, 12:00 am


Video Road Hogs Stir Fear of Internet Traffic Jam

User demand for the Internet could outpace network capacity by 2011, some analysts warn.

Source: NYT > Fiber Optics | 13 March 2008, 12:00 am


Correction: For the Record

Correction on chart with Oct 3 article about Japan's high-speed Internet connections

Source: NYT > Fiber Optics | 4 October 2007, 12:00 am


Unlike U.S., Japanese Push Fiber Over Profit

Japan is a broadband paradise with the world’s fastest and cheapest Internet connections, but some analysts wonder if the country’s push to install fiber is worth the effort.

Source: NYT > Fiber Optics | 3 October 2007, 12:00 am


‘Bringing the Ocean to the World,’ in High-Def

Researchers are undertaking a mammoth effort to observe oceanic life using fiber optics and the Internet.

Source: NYT > Fiber Optics | 4 September 2007, 12:00 am