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Xfinity primarily delivers internet through cable connections, while Verizon Fios uses a 100% fiber-optic network.
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Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2025
This past spring, the importance of the station became clear when a massive slab of sea ice sliced through an undersea fiber-optic cable, cutting off internet to communities across the North Slope region.
—Nayeli Jaramillo-Plata, CNN Money, 29 July 2025
In the last couple of years, several of these municipalities got together and spent tens of millions of dollars on high-speed fiber-optic networks in hopes of attracting high-tech businesses like data centers.
—Emily Feng, NPR, 17 July 2025
Fire crews are focused on protecting homes and power and fiber-optic lines along the Colorado 141 corridor.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 16 July 2025
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Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2025
This past spring, the importance of the station became clear when a massive slab of sea ice sliced through an undersea fiber-optic cable, cutting off internet to communities across the North Slope region.
—Nayeli Jaramillo-Plata, CNN Money, 29 July 2025
In the last couple of years, several of these municipalities got together and spent tens of millions of dollars on high-speed fiber-optic networks in hopes of attracting high-tech businesses like data centers.
—Emily Feng, NPR, 17 July 2025
Fire crews are focused on protecting homes and power and fiber-optic lines along the Colorado 141 corridor.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 16 July 2025
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“Fiber-optic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fiber-optic. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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