ORANGE, Texas — Orange Police are concerned with and trying to crack down on a growing illegal trend they are seeing in the Greater Orange area. Copper wire found in telephone cables has become a hot ...

Traditional cable television and telephone service is quickly fading away. They both saw vibrant growth for decades. In the 1990s, they hit their peak, starting to sell extra phone lines, so customers ...

Thousands of abandoned telephone cables throughout the US are likely leaching toxic lead into American soil and waterways, an extensive new report by The Wall Street Journal has revealed. These leaded ...

Abandoned telephone cables are contaminating soil and waterways throughout the U.S. with toxic lead, according to an in-depth report from the Wall Street Journal. The investigation, which has since ...

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 ...

Lead does not break down over time and so accumulates in soil, but not much federal testing or scientific research has focused on the potential risks coming from lead-sheathed telephone cables. READ ...

Q: We cut the cord more than a decade ago, but still have kudzu-like cables running from the telephone pole to our house and then all over the side of our house. How do we safely remove these without ...

Q: I wanted to add another telephone jack in my house, so I called the telephone company to set it up. The price they quoted was too much. I only want to install a jack on the opposite side of the ...

Could those inexpensive chargers put your iPhone at risk? We spend so much time on our phones, one of our biggest concerns is keeping them charged. But could grabbing some of those inexpensive cables ...

If you're going to spend $50 to $70 on a phone-charging cable, it had better do more than just charge your phone. The pricey Meem does: As it replenishes your device’s battery, it also backs up files ...