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| Thread ID: 89840 | 2008-05-13 22:28:00 | A Stink But No Mess | Roscoe (6288) | PC World Chat |
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| 669125 | 2008-05-13 22:28:00 | An interesting news article from the BBC programme "Click . " "UK's first town to receive an ultra high speed fibre network, is the English seaside town of Bournemouth . Starting in September the network provider H2O will use the town's sewage system to offer businesses and it's 88,000 residents a whopping 100mB per second broadband . That's enough to offer on demand high definition television and gaming, as well as other services such as education and health care, delivered without the civil engineering chaos of laying cable under roads . " There are some very imaginative people out there . Who would have thought of using the sewage system? The article did not say how ingress and egress is effected . Visions of having to struggle with a fibre optic cable as you are seated spring to mind . And, of course, at the other end, one imagines the poo-pond workers surfing the net on their laptops with fibre optic cables running into the sludge . There must be a million jokes and puns concerning the 'effluent' people with enough 'outflow' of cash to become a subscriber . It gives a new perception to the expression, "being in the poo . ":lol: "Click" is a BBC World programme concerning computers, mobile phones and other related topics . It is a half-hour programme broadcast on TV One (on the BBC World relay) at 3 . 30am Tuesday morning . It is also available online . Worth setting your recorder . |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 669126 | 2008-05-13 22:31:00 | Exactly. www.google.com |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 669127 | 2008-05-13 22:51:00 | There are some very imaginative people out there. Who would have thought of using the sewage system? Jokes aside, if you have the population density to make some of these technologies economic, you also have sewers big enough to drive through. I don't think the 200mm sewer pipe up my street would do although old gas mains do get reused for fibre. |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 669128 | 2008-05-13 23:33:00 | Exactly. www.google.com I immediately thought of that! If it's true, then it'll bite the council in the backside within a decade, as the fibre reduces the capacity of the pipe (unless they have whopping great sewers, new york style). |
ubergeek85 (131) | ||
| 669129 | 2008-05-14 00:28:00 | Erm can't be true. Sounds they are just regurgitating an old Google April Fools Day joke. | Deathwish (143) | ||
| 669130 | 2008-05-14 00:55:00 | It is true. Their alternative delivery method using a 20mm wide saw cut in the road to place a mini duct also looks useful. Example showing 18mm rat proof fibre in 300mm sewer. networks.silicon.com |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 669131 | 2008-05-14 01:03:00 | It is true. Their alternative delivery method using a 20mm wide saw cut in the road to place a mini duct also looks useful. Example showing 18mm rat proof fibre in 300mm sewer. networks.silicon.com wow so this is all actually serious? :yuck: , but smart enough idea I suppose, sick job though for the installers :S |
Deathwish (143) | ||
| 669132 | 2008-05-14 01:04:00 | The internet really is covered in sh1t, I always knew it. :p | wratterus (105) | ||
| 669133 | 2008-05-14 04:03:00 | The internet really is covered in sh1t, I always knew it. :p If you don't mind, please! Use words such as, effluvium, pollutant, sewage, waste, discharge, effluence, poo, etc, etc, but please keep the four letters for the gutter and mind the sensibilities of those among us who are of a delicate nature.:D |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
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