CHICAGO--When Cox Communications launched the first U.S. telephone service over a cable broadband connection several years ago, few believed it could ever seriously compete in the local phone market.

We often consider the significant purchases in our lives to be the big-ticket items: a home, a nice car, or a college degree. Not many of us would expect our subscriptions to streaming services, ...

NEW YORK — Phone companies are losing the high-speed Internet game. In the second quarter, the landline phone industry lost broadband subscribers for the first time, as cable companies continued to ...

Now is the perfect time to call your cable, internet or phone company to request a lower monthly bill. (Photo: Getty) Paying bills may be one of life’s most mundane and least fulfilling chores, but we ...

Most people don’t think twice about picking up a phone charging cable and plugging it in. But one hacker’s project wants to change that and raise awareness of the dangers of potentially malicious ...

A temporary fence blocks half of Locust Walk as workers perform maintenance services on the electrical and telephone cables in the area. The project replaced an old concrete ductbank.[Ranliang Hu/The ...