Designing fiber optic networks involves finding the most efficient way to connect phones and computers that are in different places -- a costly and time-consuming process. Now researchers have ...

Fiber optic technology is the backbone of modern digital infrastructure, and recent innovations are propelling its capabilities to new heights. In the past few years, breakthroughs in materials, ...

Fiber-optic services are becoming more popular, and networks are expanding to cover more areas for faster data transfer speeds. Fiber-optic data transfer differs from traditional methods like ...

Editor’s note: This is part of a series about the fiber-optic internet revolution taking place in Bonneville County, where the cities of Ammon and Idaho Falls have used public network ownership to ...

Ammon, a town of roughly 16,000, shares its entire western border with Idaho Falls, a town of roughly 62,000. The two towns share a sibling rivalry that at worst leads to bouts of squabbling, but at ...

In 2000, internet access was a bit of a luxury. It was useful, but you could easily get by without it. Today, that’s no longer true. Work, commerce, schooling and participation in the public sphere — ...