- High-speed access kicks it into high
gear.
Cable modems make a dash to lead the market for telecommuting. How will AT&T's $48 billion acquisition of cable company Tele-Communications, Inc. change the race between cable modems and digital subscriber line (DSL) services to provide tomorrow's telecommuters with fast, reliable, and low-cost Internet access? Before the mega-deal was announced, ......
- High-speed access kicks it into high
gear
Cable modems make a dash to lead the market for telecommuting. How will AT&T's $48 billion acquisition of cable company Tele-Communications, Inc. change the race between cable modems and digital subscriber line (DSL) services to provide tomorrow's telecommuters with fast, reliable, and low-cost Internet access? Before the mega-deal was announced, ......
- Robot Lays Fiber-Optic Cable in Sewer
Systems.
Mississauga, Ontario -- Stream Intelligent Networks Corp. and the City of Mississauga have implemented robotic technology to install a high-speed fiber-optic network within the city's storm sewer system. Developed by Robotics Cabling Co. GmbH of Berlin and known as STAR (Sewage Telecommunication Access by Robot), the robot cabling system has ......
- Robotic Fiber-Optic Cabling Installation Process Used
In Canadian Sewers.
Ca-Botics Fiber System International Ltd. has announced an agreement whereby Stream Intelligent Networks Corp. will utilize specialized robotic technology to install a high-speed fiber- optic network within a city's sewer system throughout Canada. A first in North America, this efficient and environmentally-friendly technology will effectively provide Canadian cities such as ......
- Fiber optic cables help special operators stay concealed.
TACOMA, WASH. -- Fiber optic cables that connect tactical radios to antennas up to 10 kilometers away or farther can be useful tools in covert operations, said an industry expert. The technology replaces shorter, heavier cables that can be more easily detected by enemy forces. "The enemy knows antennas mean ......
- After surviving much travail, Globecomm Systems Inc. emerges a different company
Almost since its founding 10 years ago, satellite systems provider Globecomm Systems Inc. has tip-toed from one international minefield to another. In the late 1990s, Globecomm shifted resources to the fast- growing Far East only to see the region fall victim to the calamitous Asian flu financial crisis. A venture ......
- Orbiting politics: crises in outer
space.
Greg Goldfarb is a Staff Writer for the Harvard International Review. On July 24, 1996, a small piece of rocket debris crashed into a French military satellite, sending the satellite spinning end over end. The fragment of rocket that collided with the French satellite was a remnant of a 1986 ......