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Fibrecity - 100 Mbps Broadband By Sewer

Thursday May 15, 2008
| Commentary | Many failed networking business ventures from the 1990s dot-com days are coming back into fashion again. One such concept was to bring Fiber to The Home (FTTH) via cables run through city sewer lines. Unappetizing at that may sound, UK-based H20 Networks has launched their Fibrecity project and will begin deploying 100+ Mbps broadband to Bournemouth, UK residents later this year.

Using existing sewer tunnels in established towns and cities in Britain not only allows network cables to be laid faster, but it also installs the cables much deeper underground than traditional runs, offering better protection against accidental cuts. Wireless networks simply cannot match the bandwidth that these FTTH networks will offer, 10x or more than typical residential broadband in the U.S. and Europe.
See also - What Are Fiber Optic Cables?

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May 22, 2008 at 4:35 am
(1) teknobomb says:

The one configuration is a major dls for me

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