3 posts and columns on fiber-optic cable

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Optical Delusion? Fiber Booms Again, Despite Bust.

in News on April 3 at 7:30 am PT

After years of licking its wounds, and with much of the fiber-optic cable capacity in the ground still unused, the telecom industry is going on another building spree.

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Getting Online in Cuba Remains a Risky Endeavor for Most

in Voices on May 28, 2011 at 4:00 am PT

Only three percent of Cubans have direct access to the Internet, but many find more clandestine ways to get online and connect to the rest of the world.
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Conficker and What Really Confounded Silicon Valley

in News on April 10, 2009 at 3:38 am PT

There are computer hacks, and then there are REAL hacks, like of the saw variety. Silicon Valley got a wake-up call in the latter variety Thursday, when vandals hacked into fiber-optic cables beneath the ground, knocking parts of three California counties offline.