Communications cables are only part of the story. A far broader array of systems now covers the ocean floor – and must be protected.

SAN JUAN ISLAND, Wash. (AP) — As dawn broke over San Juan Island, a team of scientists stood on the deck of a barge and unspooled over a mile of fiber-optic cable into the frigid waters of the Salish ...

Scientists Hope Underwater Fiber-Optic Cables Can Help Save Endangered Orcas SAN JUAN ISLAND, Wash. (AP) — As dawn broke over San Juan Island, a team of scientists stood on the deck of a barge and ...

Climate Whale Acoustics Isabelle Brandicourt, a graduate student at the University of Washington School of Oceanography, prepares to deploy a 1.3-mile fiber-optic cable to test whether internet cables ...

Anything with a laser has undeniable hacker appeal, even if the laser’s task is as pedestrian as sending data over a fiber ...

A Verizon spokesperson, as per a Sky-Hi report, confirmed that the cause of the disruption was a cut fiber optic cable. Liz Geraldi, Senior communications manager for Verizon, was quoted as saying, ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Verizon customers in Los Angeles County reported service outages after vandalism of fiber optic cables, the ...