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Cuba reportedly fires up underwater fiber optic cable for first time

, Jan 21st 2013 Discuss [0]

As odd as it may seem, Cuba is working its way into headlines today. We're hearing reports that Cuba has finally fired up its underwater fiber optic cable that stretches all the way to Venezuela, perhaps giving some residents their first taste of fiber optic Internet. The report comes from Internet tracking company Renesys, which says that in recent days, Cuba's ping times have been improving. Read The Full Story

Estimates peg the cost for Google Fiber for all of the US at $140 billion

, Dec 10th 2012 Discuss [0]

I'm sure I'm not the only one that's insanely jealous that Kansas City was able to win the Google Fiber project. The speeds people in served areas of Kansas City are able to get for the money is staggering. Kansas City now has some the fastest Internet in all of the US. Read The Full Story

Google Fiber web plan revealed for $70/mo

, Jul 26th 2012 Discuss [0]

Now that Google's fiber optic service is official, it's time to talk about plans. Google Fiber has three plans for consumers to pick from - one with TV & Gigabit Internet, one with just Gigabit Internet, one with free Internet - and here we're going to be talking about the second one on that list. If you want to take advantage of Google's fiber optic network but don't require a plan that includes TV service, this is the one for you. Read The Full Story

Google Fiber hits Kansas City in just over a week

, Jul 18th 2012 Discuss [0]

The folks in Kansas City, Kansas here in the United States are about to get the web at 100 times the speed most Americans have on average today. The release date for Google's Fiber program has been set today at July 26th, a little over a week from today, this just a bit more than a year since the project was first announced. With speeds this fast, we'll have to see what the city will do it it all - perhaps streaming video will become more popular than television at a rate greater than the rest of the world - speedy! Read The Full Story

Pentagon plans fiber optic link to Guantanamo Bay

, Jul 6th 2012 Discuss [0]

Speaking this week on the future of the detention center and naval station set in Guantanamo, Cuba, Pentagon spokesman Todd Breasseale mentioned this week that a $40 million dollar fiber optic link is in the works for 2013. This link, said Breasseale, would offer up greater telecom access for those living at the US military base. The link would not, however, as Breasseale assures, be any sort of indication that the Guantanamo Bay detention facility would be open for any longer than it would have had the link not been built. Read The Full Story

60ms London to Tokyo latency cut to cost billions

, Mar 21st 2012 Discuss [9]

Sometime this summer a mission will begin costing serious money and time. A three-ship convoy to lay new fiber optic cables between Tokyo and London will take off. The flotilla will begin to lay the first trans-Arctic ocean submarine fiber-optic cables. The three cables will cost up to $1.5 billion each. The goal of the cables is to reduce latency between London and Tokyo and to increase redundancy. Read The Full Story

Google patent app reveals Fiber installation plans

, Mar 2nd 2012 Discuss [1]

A Google patent application surfaced today, revealing the company's plans for lowering the cost and speeding up the deployment of its Google Fiber broadband network. The patent filing illustrates the use of a flat and flexible housing to carry the fiber-optic lines to houses. The idea also aims to reduce the environmental impact of installing the network. Read The Full Story

Google seeks permission to build 4.5-meter satellite dish array

, Feb 21st 2012 Discuss [0]

Before you get too excited, Google is not looking to start its own search and for extraterrestrial life. The photo you see here is of a SETI array that happens to look much like what Google is seeking to build near its data center in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Rather than searching stars for signs of life, it appears Google wants to use its satellite array to receive content feeds from broadcast networks. Read The Full Story

Google Fiber breaks ground in Kansas City

, Feb 6th 2012 Discuss [5]

Google announced that it will begin laying fiber today in Kansas City as part of its plans to build out a new high-speed broadband network that aims to bring speeds 100 times faster than what Americans have today. Kansas City was picked out of more than 1,100 companies bidding to receive Google's fiber network. Read The Full Story

Fiber Optics: Past Copper

, Mar 30th 2011 Discuss [7]

Most of the active connections to this globe spanning network we all love to hate come in the form of cable or DSL. Modulated electric signals get transmitted over metal wires, coaxial or twisted pair respectively. These technologies transmit the internet as most experience it. Verizon has begun to break down this model with it's FiOS fiber optic lines, but they have been really slow to roll out. They've only managed to cover 10% of the households in the United States. AT&T isn't doing much better at getting Fiber to the people, U-Verse (where most AT&T fiber customers fall under) has even fewer subscribers than FiOS. Fiber-optics, while ten or a hundred times faster than the connection you're probably using, isn't available most places, yet. We wrote about Google's Fiber Project earlier today. Read The Full Story

Google Fiber Project Selection Process Delayed

, Dec 15th 2010 Discuss [0]

One of Google's more ambitious projects, the Google Fiber Project, seems to be hitting some small snags. While Google wanted to get everything up and running as quickly as possible, it looks like a few unforeseen variables have caused the teams taking part in the project to slow everything down, and even delay the selection process for cities that expressed interest in running the Fiber Project. With an announcement originally scheduled for the end of the year, Google has instead decided to wait a bit longer. Read The Full Story

Apple fiber-optic MagSafe cable patent tips potential Light Peak support

, Dec 2nd 2010 Discuss [1]

Apple has patented [pdf link] a combination MagSafe power connector and fiber optic docking system, that could allow future MacBook notebooks - as well as other devices using the same next-gen port - to access an external dock or port array and minimize the number of on-device connections. The concept is reminiscent of rumors earlier in the week suggesting Apple was looking to Intel's Light Peak technology for a future MacBook Pro refresh, taking advantage of the connection technology's ability to replace USB, ethernet, display and other cable types simultaneously. Read The Full Story
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