Fibre optic cables to be run through the sewers
It's a common sight - streets ripped up so companies can lay cable. But now sewage pipes are being enlisted to bring broadband to businesses and homes without digging up the road.
Putting fibre optic cable into sewer pipes is faster and cheaper than digging up the road to lay cable, according to the company behind the plans, H2O Networks.
Photo credit: H20 Networks
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1. Gerald Roberts
If the rats don't chew the cable then the people repairing/replacing the pipe most certainly will.
2. Andrew Lewis
Now you really can get a load of crap over the internet!
For once a sensible use of an insitu utility as opposed to an expensive and time consuming job digging up the roads as well as causing chaos to roadusers and pedestrians alike.