Fiber Optic News

Light Brigade - IWCE EXPO 2023

Light Brigade will be exhibiting at the IWCE EXPO in Las Vegas, Nevada on March 27 - 30, 2023. Make sure to stop by the Light Brigade...

Light Brigade - ITA Showcase NW 2023

Light Brigade will be exhibiting at the ITA Showcase Northwest, March 7 - 9 in Portland, Oregon. Make sure to stop by our booth and meet,...

Light Brigade Releases Re-Vamped OTDR Testing & Deep Dive Course

Kent, WA - November 10, 2022 - Light Brigade, the longest-established fiber optic training company in the United States, continues...

Fiber Optics - Staying Connected

I attended the Broadband Communities Conference in Houston, TX last month. It was great to see colleagues live and in person and to learn...

The Future Is Bright, Fiber Optic Bright!

Back in the early 00’s when I was installing 3G networks in the UK, I can remember buying and using for the first time a Motorola H3G...

Fiber To The North Pole

Well, not exactly to the North Pole, but close! 947 miles from the pole, to be precise. In the summer of 1991, I was Project Manager for...

Chicago Deep - Installing Fiber 40 Feet Below The Streets of Chicago

Most underground terrestrial fiber optic cable infrastructure is only several feet below grade. However, there is one network in...

The Growing Trend to High Fiber Count Cables?

Deployments of 1,728 and 3,456 fiber cables are growing rapidly? They are used in everything from Hyperscale data centers to long-haul...