The technology your ISP uses to send internet to your home makes a difference in speed, reliability, availability and more. There are different modes of internet access, and here at CNET, we've ...

More Americans have access to ultra-fast internet than ever before. According to a recent report by the Fiber Broadband Association, 11.8 million more homes in the U.S. were wired for fiber in 2025, ...

Fiber uses fiber-optic lines that transmit data at the speed of light, whereas cable uses coaxial cables, which are traditionally used for TV service. Fiber typically offers faster upload and download ...

You may not have known that Google is also an internet service provider (ISP), but Google Fiber started in 2010 and has since expanded to 19 states. Google Fiber is a fiber-optic internet provider ...

Since the internet was first introduced to the public, there have been numerous means of connecting to the network, ranging from hardline cable connections to 5G and satellite signals. All of these ...

But despite the preference for fiber (and I’ll get into why most broadband experts prefer it in a bit), the reality is that where we live determines the kind of internet connection we’ll get. We are ...

Question: Is home 5G internet worth considering and if so, which one is best? Answer: Home internet has traditionally meant one thing: wires. Whether cable or fiber, someone had to run a line into ...

Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke held a news conference Monday for the Connect Kakou initiative that provides internet access to public housing communities. Kalakaua Homes resident Rommel Marcelino, left, ...

From data centers to AI to 5G internet, how we use the internet has a much bigger effect on our Earth than we might imagine. Cierra was an associate writer for CNET's broadband team, covering all ...