The fix was duct tape and caulking the wire down on ... worker drilled into the sewage line while installing the fiber optic cable outside. The family has been forced to live somewhere else.

When people think about fiber optic cables, it's usually about how they're used for telecommunications and accessing the ...

nationwide fiber-optic network. The pencil-thin cable spins off its reel and flows into a black duct stiff enough to provide a pathway, whether the cable goes aerial or into the ground.