By Steve Ranger, 16 November 2006 11:00
H20 Networks managing director Elfed Thomas explained the company's plans to use the sewers for fibre optic cables: "We use the sewer footprint in the UK, built by the Victorians in the 1800s. It's a very low-cost, effective way to get companies to have access to fibre."
The company, whose customers include Napier University in Edinburgh, claims that with its Focus (Fibre Optical Cable Underground Sewer) system, cable can be laid up to 80 per cent faster than traditional methods into sewers, like the one above.
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.