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Google set to build backbone of its 1Gbps fibre network

...fast internet access with the news it is ready to begin laying fibre-optic cable in two cities Read more

7 February, 2012 by Stephen Shankland
Alcatel-Lucent shows off undersea cable ship

Alcatel-Lucent shows off undersea cable ship

...tanks can hold up to 5,500km, or 3,000 tonnes, of fibre-optic cable. There are also two spare tanks, each with a 250... Read more

27 August, 2010 by David Meyer

Alcatel-Lucent's PSE chip looks ahead to 400Gb networks

...the building block that can add capacity to networks without laying more fibre-optic cable in the ground. Indeed, the PSE enables more than 23... Read more

7 March, 2012 by Larry Dignan

Police and BT target cable thieves

...the Met said in a statement on Monday. During copper cable theft, fibre-optic cable is often damaged, exacerbating communications cuts, police said. Damaged fibre... Read more

19 December, 2011 by Tom Espiner
Down the sewer to inspect Geo's fibre

Down the sewer to inspect Geo's fibre

...would run the risk of getting tangled. Tangling would be disastrous for fibre-optic cable. Even excessive bending would disrupt the passage of the light... Read more

28 May, 2011 by David Meyer

BT FTTC broadband speeds to hit 80Mbps next year?

...faster, and more costly to install, FTTH technology. While FTTC involves laying fibre-optic cable from the exchange to the street cabinet - with data then... Read more

13 May, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Pensioner brings down internet in Armenia

...report. The woman was digging for copper when she cut through the fibre optic cable that delivers high-speed broadband to residents in Georgia and... Read more

7 April, 2011

BTInfinity 'upto' 40Mbps. What speed can we really expect?'

...because the chance of higher is very slim. The Roadside Cabinet: The fibre optic cable deployment (FTTC) is extended from the exchange to the cabinet... Read more

13 October, 2010

Bournemouth's sewer-based fibre plan scrapped

...then hooked up using a system called micro-trenching, which involves laying fibre-optic cable in a thin, shallow trench that is then quickly sealed... Read more

12 August, 2010 by David Meyer

BT to revive brownfield fibre-to-the-premises trials

...to the pilot, BT said on Tuesday. Fibre-to-the-premises involves fibre-optic cable connections being made between the exchange and the home or... Read more

20 July, 2010 by Jack Clark

Virgin Media talks up 400Mbps broadband

...nationwide. These homes, therefore, will receive a coxial cable, and not a fibre-optic cable, into their home. The third means of expansion involves the... Read more

24 June, 2010 by Richard Thurston
Bell Labs throws open the doors to its research

Bell Labs throws open the doors to its research

This prototype optical coupling, which is the interface between the fibre-optic cable and the circuitry, can transmit data at 100Gbps. According to... Read more

3 June, 2010 by David Meyer

Photos: Fibre broadband - BT demos splicing and blowing

...ve developed to speed up FTTH installations since starting the trial. Blowing Fibre optic cable is made of glass - meaning it's fragile and cannot... Read more

29 October, 2010 by Natasha Lomas

Britain set to get 300Mbps broadband from next year

...Openreach is making fibre to the premises (FTTP) available. FTTP is where fibre-optic cable is laid directly to homes and businesses rather than stopping... Read more

6 October, 2011 by Nick Heath

Photos: How Google protects its datacentres

...a power failure. Datacentres are connected to the internet via high-speed fibre optic cable, with multiple redundant connections to provide access to the datacentre... Read more

26 April, 2011 by Nick Heath

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