A full-fiber internet connection—one that transmits data from your home to your nearest telephone exchange using fiber optic cables alone—can deliver download speeds of up to and over 1 Gbps.

While fiber broadband uploads and downloads data at the same speed, cable connections have fast download speeds, but upload data much slower.

A cable connection is a go-to option for many households as it offers the widest availability out of any internet connection type. The downside is that cable providers are notorious for hiking ...

Four separate underwater data cables have been damaged in the Red Sea, impacting global internet connectivity. The cuts have impacted four telecommunications companies and forced about 25% of ...

In practice, the data cable could enable everybody in Finland's 5.5 million population to access a 25Mbps connection simultaneously.

Those ports could just be more USB-C ports for charging and data, or USB-A for legacy gear or HDMI and DisplayPort for ...

Fiber optic cables run throughout Verizon's switch station in Appleton, connecting data from resident's phones. June 25, 2025. (WLUK/Josh Cavender) ...

Classic and fast: Data exchange via cable The simplest and quickest method of connecting an Android device to your Windows PC is the classic USB cable. This also offers the highest data transfer ...