TL;DR: Sharks are often blamed for damaging undersea cables, but the real forces reshaping the Atlantic's fiber backbone are engineers, grapnels, and diesel-electric ships retrieving decades-old glass ...

Sharks are innocent. Or at least they’re not eating the internet. As a family of cartilaginous fish, sharks are collectively not guilty of most, if not all, charges of biting, chomping, chewing, or ...

A heaping pile of tangled cords is an eyesore. In a tech-centered world, chargers, power strips, Internet cords, and connectors abound. But there’s nothing cute or calming about them. In fact, they ...

For years, the pay TV business seemed to defy gravity. Even as people were flocking to the internet, cable TV subscriptions stayed in place. That's no longer the case. The business has been eroding ...

Australian data center firm DXN is to supply a prefabricated cable landing station (CLS) to consulting firm APTelecom. The company announced the AU$1.8 million (US$1.2m) deal this week, saying the ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Cable is dying, but it’s a slow death. And — worse — it’s ...

Reasons behind cable disruptions: Know the timeline of recent cable cuts There are 1.7 million kilometres of global data and internet cables. Each year, up to 200 submarine cable cut incidents ...

Fiber uses fiber-optic lines that transmit data at the speed of light, whereas cable uses coaxial cables, which are traditionally used for TV service. Fiber typically offers faster upload and download ...

It was time once again to take stock of my bill for cable television and internet services. Calling my carrier — Optimum, now owned by Altice — is something I do several times a year to take advantage ...

A new king reigns in TV land. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Streaming has officially surpassed broadcast and cable as a share of ...

Charter Communications and Cox Communications, two of the largest cable companies in the U.S., have entered into an agreement to merge. The deal values Cox at $34.5 billion on an enterprise basis, in ...