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RSS sewerCity traders move to the sewers
News In addition, because the sewer tunnels are already in place, connecting to the network is fast and low cost as no digging is required. Financial trading businesses in London can now link to stock exchanges via the city's... [07 May 2009]
Leading Teen Addiction Treatment Center Relies on SmartDraw for IT Diagrams
White Paper Kennon needed a fast and easy way to capture, and display non-visible infrastructure such as power, phone, networks, as well as sewer lines and underground water. Kennon Baker is the IT & Facilities Director for the Teen... [15 Apr 2009]
Bournemouth braced for first Fibrecity homes
News The superfast seaside broadband network is being built by sewer fibre-laying company H2O Networks, and is wholly funded by private equity investment. The first clutch of homes to be connected to the 100Mbps Fibrecity... [20 Jan 2009]
Broadband speeds going down toilet without fibre
News Corbett claims there are at least 15 UK local initiatives to bring next-generation broadband to specific regions - such as the H20 Networks' sewer fibre deployment in Bournemouth and the North Yorkshire Network. [06 Nov 2008]
Bournemouth's sewer Fibrecity kicks off
News For the residents of Bournemouth, super high speed internet access is creeping closer after work officially started on the Fibrecity project. The scheme will give the town's residents a chance to connect to an FTTP (fibre to the... [17 Oct 2008]
Blowing up hard drives, stinky broadband and super cars
Photo Photo credit: BAE Systems silicon.com took a trip out to the east end of London, to the Thames Water depot near Stratford, for a rare trip down London's Victorian sewer network for a look at a much more high-tech network... [01 Aug 2008]
Editor's Blog: Back to the future
Comment Once I had climbed down into the sewer I found the flow - and I think you know what that is made up of - was about knee high, though it can rise to six feet. So earlier this week I found myself in east London, getting... [24 Jul 2008]
Photos: Broadband in London's Victorian sewers
Photo silicon.com took a trip out to the east end of London, to the Thames Water depot near Stratford, for a rare trip down inside London's Victorian sewer network to see a much more high-tech network which it is now hosting -... [22 Jul 2008]
Ultra fat pipes to squeeze through Dundee's sewers
News Last month fibre cabling company H2O Networks, which is building the sewer-based network, announced Bournemouth had been selected to be the UK's first Fibrecity, with work due to start there in the next five months. [18 Jun 2008]
Bournemouth to be UK's first Fibrecity
News Bournemouth Borough Council is no stranger to a high fibre diet - H2O laid sewer fibre as a back-up network for the council last year. The race to become the UK's first 'Fibrecity' has been won by the seaside resort of... [08 May 2008]
Ofcom - high-fibre diet ordered for Broadband Britain
News Fibre could be laid through the UK's sewer ducts to help speed up the rollout of super fast broadband to homes and businesses across the country. Telecoms regulator Ofcom has launched a review into the most financially... [16 Apr 2008]
Photos of the month - January 2008
Photo Plans for super-fast broadband have taken an interesting turn, with H2O networks using the sewer system for its fibre optic cables. A video was played showing Gates asking various celebrities for a job. [30 Jan 2008]
Virgin touts free broadband speed upgrade
News H2O Networks has launched a project to furnish several UK cities with fibre networks by laying fibre in existing sewer ducts. The list from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. A is for ADSL [28 Jan 2008]
Photos: Fibre in the sewers to speed up UK cities
Photo UK company H2O Networks has announced plans to bring superfast broadband - offering speeds of up to 100Mbps - to UK cities by laying fibre optic cables in the sewer. This is a cheaper option that digging up streets where... [25 Jan 2008]
Does superfast broadband Britain stink of sewage?
News H2O Networks - a company that lays fibre cabling in the sewer - is touting the launch of its Fibrecity concept to bring up to 100Mbps broadband to UK cities. The UK has 360,000 miles of sewers, according to H2O Networks,... [23 Jan 2008]
