The Code requirements for optical fiber vary with the type of cable used Fiber optic cable has many advantages over competing technologies, including increased information capacity (by orders of ...

In this EC&M Tech Talk, Randy Barnett reviews the concepts, cables used, and NEC rules for Optical Fiber Cables (Art. 770). With the widespread use of fiber and expansion into residential markets, ...

In certain locations, it may be challenging for linemen to access an overhead line. By using a retrofit product called SkyWrap from AFL, however, they can install a fiber-optic cable on overhead lines ...

Hawaiian Electric Company contractors will be installing a communications fiber optic cable across Fort Weaver Road in Ewa. The work will take place between 9 p.m., Monday, Sept. 24, and 3 a.m., ...

Hawaiian Telcom President Su Shin spoke Tuesday at a news conference celebrating the completion of a joint project between U.S. Navy Region Hawaii and Hawaiian Telcom. But natural disasters aren’t the ...

HONOLULU — U.S. Navy Region Hawai‘i and Hawaiian Telcom are touting the completion of a joint project that put the largest fiber-optic cable ever installed in Hawai‘i beneath Pearl Harbor. Running ...

ANN ARBOR, MI -- Ann Arbor SPARK was recently awarded more than $2 million in federal funding to build an underground fiber optic cable between downtown Ann Arbor and downtown Ypsilanti. The project ...