Waste water ducts can easily accommodate the fibre cabling (pictured above) that supports high bandwidth services.
Either Bournemouth, Dundee or Northampton will be chosen as the first city to get H2O's fibre treatment. Work will begin in September and if all goes to plan the deployment will be completed by March 2010.
Elfed Thomas, MD of H2O Networks, said in a statement: "This solution will help to resolve the issue that many households and broadband customers in the UK have insufficient connectivity bandwidths because they are attached to legacy networks deployed in the 20th century that just can't cope with demand."
Photo credit: H2O Networks
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1. anonymous
It's a s**t idea! ;)
2. PO
If you ever get SH*T connection speeds then you'll know where to find the problem
3. m cattle
Brings a whole new meaning to the term "laying a cable"
4. Graham Suckling
A great idea.
Anybody know the construction of the cable to be used? I was just wondering how resistant it is to rats....
5. anonymous
This idea has been knocking around for about 20 years