sewernet
OK - this is something of a private joke, but Norm and I are flushed with pride.
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Bournemouth has become the first town in the UK to get super-fast internet connections - via the sewerage system.
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."
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What a fantastic idea. We need more companies to be innovative in this way
Posted by: UKReccy | May 15, 2008 at 12:09