Neowin News Feed for: Fiber

Facebook completes first phase of its Indiana fiber network

Paul Hill — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 23:44:01 +0000

Facebook has completed the first phase of its Indiana fiber network. It will make data transfer between its data centers quicker and it will also help people in rural Indiana get faster internet. Read more...

Nokia brings 52Gbps internet to homes in South Korea

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 08:46:01 +0000

Nokia, together with SK Broadband have managed to upgrade existing fiber infrastructure in South Korea to boost download speeds by up to 20 times. All of this without installing new fiber. Read more...

Mozilla expands gigabit community fund project to Austin, Texas

Paul Hill — Tue, 17 May 2016 17:44:01 +0000

Mozilla has said that Austin, TX will join Chattanooga, TN and Kansas City in allowing local projects utilising Google Fiber to access a $150,000 fund. Applications for grants will open in August. Read more...

Google looks to expand Google Fiber to also include a telephone service

Steven Johns — Sun, 31 Jan 2016 05:48:01 +0000

Some Google Fiber users are reporting that they've been invited to beta test Google's potential telephone service, which has reportedly been given the name "Google Fiber Phone." Read more...

Comcast can push gigabit internet using its existing network

Chris Schroeder — Mon, 28 Dec 2015 21:10:01 +0000

In an effort to compete with the wave of new gigabit internet services, Comcast says it can offer customers gigabit internet without updating its cable network. Read more...

Virgin Media to invest £3bn in its fibre optic broadband network

Andy Weir — Fri, 13 Feb 2015 17:18:01 +0000

Virgin claims it's the UK's biggest broadband investment in a decade, expanding its fibre optic network to another four million homes and businesses by 2020, as well as creating 6,000 new jobs. Read more...

Google Fiber coming to four new U.S. markets

Chris Schroeder — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 02:00:01 +0000

Google will continue to build out it's lightning-fast Fiber Internet service and has announced the expansion to four new U.S. metro regions, which in total, now covers eighteen cities. Read more...

Google Fiber pricing released for Austin, sign-ups to begin next month

Alec Robertson — Thu, 27 Nov 2014 17:42:01 +0000

Google has released the pricing for Austin, Texas, for its Fiber service. The service offers super-fast speeds, with sign-ups beginning next month. Read more...

Google acquires Alpental Technologies for 5G tech

Timi Cantisano — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 17:21:55 +0000

Google has quietly acquired startup Alpental Technologies. Although there is minimal information regarding the company, it is rumored that Google is looking to expand its internet capabilities. Read more...

Google Fiber coming to NYC, announcement coming at 10:30AM EST?

Brad Sams — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:04:32 +0000

It looks like Google Fiber may be headed to New York City after a new job posting for a Google Fiber sales staff was spotted and now there is a joint Google/NYC conference scheduled for later today. Read more...

Kim Dotcom promises free fiber for New Zealand ISPs

Tyler Holman — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 17:45:15 +0000

Even as Kim Dotcom prepares to launch a successor to his ill-fated Megaupload, he's working on other exciting projects, like building a fiber system for New Zealand - and it's free, at least to ISPs Read more...

Google officially announces Google Fiber in Kansas City

Tzvi Friedman — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:21:55 +0000

Google is announcing the launch of their Fiber network in Kansas City, which includes the new Google Fiber TV, and great prices for various packages. Read more...

Rumour: Apple's move to carbon fiber iDevices & Macs possible after recent hire

Denis Wong — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:55:05 +0000

There have been rumours of Apple considering a design shift for a while - more specifically, a shift from the iconic aluminum currently dominating their iPads and almost their entire Mac line minus the Macbook.... Read more...

Google bringing ultra high speed broadband to Kansas City, Kansas

Brandon Boyce — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:21:54 +0000

Last year, Google announced that they would be bringing 1Gb per second fiber to the home broadband to one lucky city in the US. After that announcement, they had over 1,100 cities apply for the... Read more...

Virgin Media increases upload speeds for all customers [UK]

Tom Warren — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:50:03 +0000

Virgin Media today announced a free upgrade for its broadband customers. Calling it an 'adrenaline shot', Virgin is aiming to boost upload speeds for customers across its range of broadband speeds. The upgrade has begun to... Read more...

New Zealand to get 100Mbps fiber for 75% of population by 2020

Brandon Boyce — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:20:16 +0000

The New Zealand government has decided to invest NZ$1.5 billion to start a government owned corporation to get fiber internet to its residents. Their goal is to get the fiber to 75% of the homes... Read more...

Comcast to offer 105Mbps to residential customers

Tzvi Friedman — Wed, 26 May 2010 16:21:54 +0000

One wonders how such a thing would be useful to the average home user, but Engadget reports that Comcast may be preparing to offer cable speeds up to 105Mbps downstream 10Mbps upstream. According to information... Read more...

Fujitsu announces 25Gbps data transfer using quantum dot technology

Tzvi Friedman — Fri, 21 May 2010 16:34:53 +0000

Engadget reports that Fujitsu has announced that their quantum dot laser technology is able to transfer data at 25Gbps (gigabits per second). If you're wondering what a 'quantum dot' is, you aren't alone. Simply put,... Read more...

Topeka changes name to Google, KS; pushes for fiber

Benjamin Rubenstein — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:46:01 +0000

Last month, Google unveiled their bold plan to bring 1 Gb/s Internet to the United States using a fiber optic network. As part of the plan, Google is looking for cities to nominate themselves to... Read more...

Google announces its own experimental fiber network

Tom Warren — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:22:00 +0000

Google announced on Wednesday that it plans to create and test ultra high-speed broadband networks in a small number of trial locations across the United States. The network connections will deliver Internet speeds of 1 gigabit... Read more...

Google Building Pacific Fiber Cable

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 02:44:35 +0000

Google is reportedly in negotiations to build a fibre optic cable across the Pacific to link its US operations with Asia. Australian magazine Communications Day claimed that the search giant is in talks with Asian... Read more...

Customers Slow To Tune Into AT&T And Verizon's TV Over Fiber

Tue, 08 May 2007 20:47:49 +0000

AT&T's U-verse TV system will cost $6.5 billion to deploy by 2008 ($1.4 billion more than anticipated) not to mention that the company has cut the number of homes the service will initially serve by... Read more...

Fiber Optic Cable Between U.S. and Asia Under Construction

Tue, 01 May 2007 03:59:38 +0000

A new pact formed last week between 17 major telecommunications companies hopes to avoid a repeat of what occurred last December. An undersea earthquake off the coast of Taiwan disrupted Internet cables, causing communications to... Read more...

DisplayPort to Support Fiber Optic Cables

Thu, 19 Apr 2007 02:53:41 +0000

The industry's video display standards group, VESA, recently approved DisplayPort 1.1 as an industry standard. Now, a company called Luxtera has received the go-ahead from VESA to develop DisplayPort technologies using CMOS photonics. Luxtera is... Read more...

Verizon to offer 30mb/2mb fiber connections

Michael Stanclift — Sat, 18 Sep 2004 06:14:36 +0000

Thanks to Neowin subscriber RDX1 for the heads up in BPN! Fashonistas love to flaunt their prada shoes. Rappers pile on the bling until thier sparkle is blinding. Corporate honchos throw parties... Read more...

Wildly optimistic data drove telecoms to build fiber glut

Fri, 27 Sep 2002 10:37:18 +0000

Of all of the myths that drove the 1990s technology boom — dot-coms made good investments, the New Economy would never experience a recession, small telecom companies could beat the mighty Bells — the most... Read more...