The companies that sell you internet access — think Comcast or Charter — want to sell you phone service, too. And guess what the phone guys want to sell you? Yup: internet access. This is good for you ...

The U.S. has fallen behind much of the Western world when it comes to phone, cable and Internet service. Americans actually pay much more for inferior service compared to their global counterparts. In ...

AOL Time Warner's entry into voice service Thursday highlights the latest headache for regional phone companies, whose lock on the so-called local loop is looking increasingly precarious. Time Warner ...

The first transatlantic internet cable ever is being retired and pulled from the ocean floor. Here's how it's being done and what happens next.

If you have a bunch of old charging cables, don't turn them into e-waste just yet. Here are some clever ways to repurpose them and put them to work.

Authorities hope a quarter-million-dollar reward will shake loose a tipster to lead them to the vandals who severed underground fiber-optic cables, cutting off phone service for tens of thousands of ...