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Online content, straight from the sewer
For one city in Britain, superfast Internet service is going to stink.
H2O Networks, baed in Wales, will deliver fast Internet connections to Bournemouth via the sewer system. More than 88,000 homes and businesses will benefit from Internet speeds up to 100Mbps under the plan, a connection that’s a lot speedier than the current broadband services on the market.
H2O, which has been plotting its underground invasion for the last six years, plans to spend the next six months laying fiber-optic cables through the sewer system. The company hopes to create a nationwide network for consumers over the next few years.
Proponents say it’s a lot cheaper and more environmentally friendly to use Britain’s 360,000 miles of sewers rather than to dig up roads to lay fiber.
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