DURHAM, N.C. -- Since the first fiber optic cables rolled out in the 1970s, they’ve become a major part of everything from medical devices to high-speed internet and cable TV. But as it turns out, one ...

Maribel Guerrero won't soon forget the day her Cinco Ranch front yard turned into a river. "It was a terrible day, I would say, very surprising," Guerrero said. "They hit the water pipe, and it was on ...

Last week, my family and I were excited to get our new fiber optic line installed by Ezee Fiber. We’d watched for weeks as crews had come up and down our street digging and tunneling the cables ...

In Grover Beach, construction crews are installing steel conduits in the ocean to hold subsea fiber optic cables. “Ninety-five percent of all telecommunications traffic happens on a fiber optic cable, ...

"These companies are still going to be raking in profits because they've cut corners left and right. The responsibility for all of those costs on the people who can't carry it," said Crystle Herrmann.

PITTSFIELD — The City Council on Tuesday voted 10-1 to allow Gateway Fiber to install underground fiber-optic cables, making it the latest company permitted by the city to install the high-speed ...