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Your light fixtures may never be the same
August 31, 2006 Companies are finding ways to use fiber optics and sunlight to brighten up your home, your office--and your grocer's freezer.Will fiber optics replace the lightbulb?
August 31, 2006 They distribute data and can separate cells from one other. But can they adequately light a room? Photos: Fiber optics lighting the wayU.S. fiber-enabled homes double in 2004
December 2, 2004 Availability of fiber optic data connections shoots up as more phone companies--and ambitious cities--get in on the act.Let there be light, optical cables included
August 30, 2006 New company Sunlight Direct looks to commercialize a system for piping daylight into buildings through fiber optic cables. Photos: Sunlight's systemThis week in broadband
July 22, 2005 Voters in Lafayette, La., OK a citywide fiber project, while Cingular plans to roll out wireless broadband in 15 to 20 markets by year's end.Dark fiber: Businesses see the light
February 1, 2005 Dozens of companies are taking advantage of cheap fiber and equipment costs to build their own high-speed campus networks, instead of buying services from carriers.Verizon's TV dreams
October 13, 2005 Company launches its TV service to better compete with cable operators--what else is up its sleeve?Google wants 'dark fiber'
January 17, 2005 Job listing spotlights vague plan to develop global fiber backbone. But why?Level 3 to acquire WilTel
October 31, 2005 The telecom company will snap up WilTel's communications business in a stock and cash deal worth $680 million.NSA eavesdropping: How it might work
February 7, 2006 Attorney General Gonzales plays it mum, but others offer insights into the agency's surveillance options.Broadband: Why policies must change
July 27, 2004 special report Drastically different rules are needed to foster true competition in the rapidly evolving Internet landscape.Fiber optics help keep oil spills at bay
August 25, 2006 The technology that can carry phone calls can also tell oil companies if a pipeline is about to leak.Lafayette hits snag in fiber build
February 24, 2005 Court win for local cable and phone providers sets back Louisiana city's attempt to build fiber-optic network for residents.Level 3 buys TelCove for $1 billion
May 1, 2006 Level 3 is buying another communications company as providers of cross-country Internet access continue to consolidate.Verizon's salvo on cable TV
April 20, 2005 Phone giant's deal with NBC Universal is first step toward tackling cable providers head-on in the paid-TV market.Gates: Get U.S. schools in order
May 2, 2005 Microsoft chairman says China, others are coming on strong, and the U.S. risks losing its advantage.Verizon wants its Microsoft TV
January 29, 2005 The nation's largest phone company plans to use Microsoft's software to power its fiber-optic television service.SBC goes public with 'U-verse' TV plan
January 6, 2005 Local phone giant hopes a television revolution will keep encroaching cable providers at bay.Google takes a bigger bite of Big Apple
October 2, 2006 If Google can make it here, it can make it anywhere. The company opens new digs in Manhattan. Photos: New York gets a mini GoogleplexPhiladelphia reveals Wi-Fi plan
April 7, 2005 After a contentious fight with Verizon, Philadelphia releases a report outlining its ambitions for citywide wireless Internet access.
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