Tag archive: fiber optic cables

According to Reuters, there will soon be a 1,000 mile, undersea fiber-optic cable connecting Cuba and socialist ally Venezuela. The new technology will eventually help Cuba increase its incredibly slow Internet connection. According to the country, its inferior technology and Internet service is due to the US trade embargo that has been upheld for decades. Leftist group ALBA (founded by Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez) funded the $70 million… Read More

The ability to send high-speed digital data over the power lines between substations and homes and offices is attracting increasing attention because it can make every wall outlet a portal to theInternet. In seeking to help realize this potential, the IEEE has begun to develop IEEE P1675(TM), “Standard for Broadband over Power Line Hardware.” When finished, IEEE P1675 will give electric utilities a comprehensive standard for… Read More