A Decline in BEAD Eligibility Signals the Program’s Current Success
Alabama’s First Fiber Network Smart Grid System
It took over five years filled with debates, false claims by competitors that coax is more reliable than fiber, and even a special election, but the Opelika City Council finally approved rates for the city’s new fiber optic system, putting it one step closer to...
Fiber Optics Part of Hurricane Sandy Recovery
When Hurricane Sandy ripped through the New York area, much of the decades-old copper wires were damaged. By Christmas, Verizon had already laid more than 5,000 miles of fiber optic cables across Manhattan to assist in the recovery efforts. Yet Fire Island, a popular...
Government Legacy Regulations Need Updating
In a 45-page analysis titled, “Telecommunications Competition: The Infrastructure-Investment Race,” Dr. Anna-Maria Kovacs examines the United States’ regulations that are forcing companies to build and maintain copper-based legacy telephone networks and the impact...
Counties Work Together for Fiber
For years, Southeast Missouri had been looking for ways to attract businesses to the region, and they finally found the answer through fiber optics. With the help of AT&T, the city of Bonne Terre, Missouri will now be home to an 84-acre fiber-lit business park...
Fibertech Networks Introduces 100 Gigabit Ethernet High-Speed Data Center
Fibertech Networks, a metro-based fiber optic network provider serving the Eastern and Central United States regions, announced last week that it has deployed Ciena's 6500 Packet-Optical Platform and Service Delivery Switches on its over 9,000-mile fiber optic route...
Fiber Connectivity Boosts Business
Mid-Atlantic managed fiber connectivity and cloud communications service provider Telegia Communications recently relocated their corporate offices to a fiber rich technology park in Frederick, MD. Telecom and network upgrades were major motivators behind the move. At...
Fiber Optic Companies Are the New Hot Stock
On September 17, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the day with a 35-point gain, but that wasn’t the end to a good day for Alliance Fiber Optic Products. The California-based technology company continued to be a hot stock in after-hours trading. The rise occurred...
Twitter Alerts: Enhancing Public Safety
On Wednesday, September 25, Twitter initiated Twitter Alerts, an emergency alert program for users, providing subscribers real time emergency notifications from sources like FEMA, the Department of Homeland Security, the American Red Cross, and the National Oceanic...
Underused Fiber Serves As an Affordable Solution
Slow and unreliable Internet service plagued Vernon, California until the city decided to become a local service provider. Throughout the Southern California region, miles of fiber optic cables were being underused. Recently the city council approved a residential...