The world's first transatlantic fiber cable is being pulled off the ocean floor

TAT-8 was the eighth Trans-Atlantic Telephone system and the first to replace copper transmission with single-mode optical fiber between the United States, the United Kingdom, and ...
Optics

Zero-gravity optical fiber drawing experiment arrives in orbit

Newly developed hardware for making high-transmission optical fiber in zero gravity has arrived at the International Space Station (ISS). Launched last week on board a Cygnus cargo ship carrying more ...

World says bye-bye to its first undersea cable TAT-8 — after 37 years

Commissioned in 1988 and retired in 2002, TAT-8 is now being brought ashore near Portugal in a recovery operation ...

Say Goodbye to the Undersea Cable That Made the Global Internet Possible

History was unmade last year, as engineers began the massive project of ripping the first-ever transoceanic fiber-optic cable from the ocean floor. Just don’t mention sharks.
Electrical Construction & Maintenance

Working with Fiber-Optic Cable

Many electricians have broadened their work model in recent years to include coaxial and Ethernet wiring for communications and data networks. This is usually seen as a good move, given the fact that ...