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  • 16-05-2008 5:28pm
    #1
    bealtine
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    http://uk.news.yahoo.com/skynews/20080508/tuk-online-via-sewers-first-town-unveile-45dbed5.html

    Online Via Sewers: First Town Unveiled
    SkyNews
    By Sky News SkyNews - Thursday, May 8 12:20 pm

    Bournemouth has become the first town in the UK to get super-fast internet connections - via the sewerage system.
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    More than 88,000 homes and businesses in the Dorset town will benefit from internet speeds up to 100Mbps under the scheme, considerably faster than consumer broadband speeds on the market.

    Fibre firm H2O Networks Ltd is funding the £30m project.

    It will lay its special cables through the sewerage system over the next six months.

    H2O has been offering the underground network to businesses and universities around the UK for several years and plans to create a nationwide network for consumers over the next few years.

    It is also cheaper and more environmentally-friendly to use the UK's 360,000 miles of sewers rather than dig up roads to deploy the fibre.

    Elfed Thomas, CEO of H2O Networks, added: "This is just the start of bringing next generation connectivity to the UK."

    He added: "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."

    There are fears that the UK is falling behind the rest of the world when it comes to broadband speeds, with three operators in France offering speeds of between 50 and 100Mbps.

    Faster broadband makes possible services such as on-demand high definition TV, quality DVD downloads in minutes, online video messaging, CCTV home surveillance and HD gaming.


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  • #2
    watty
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    We need the sewers 1st. 20 years behind on EU directives I think. Fibre via sewer or water mains no good when each house has its own septic tank and well.


  • #3
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,552 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    http://www.google.com/tisp/install.html


  • #4
    cgarvey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,889 ✭✭✭cgarvey


    I was sure this came up in IO forum before. I can't find it though. Anyway, I remember the same city being selected and the same "we've a handful of unis and companies connected, but everyone will be" (and the obligatory TISP reference!).

    The H20 Networks Press release over a year ago http://url.ie/e1d backs this up. Like I say, I can't find the thread though.

    So what has changed in over a year? Nothing that I can see.


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