According to a report in the Financial Times a north Wales firm, H20 Networks is proposing to serve the residents of Dundee, Bournemouth and Northampton with a new ultra-fast broadband connection using residential sewerage systems.
As a solution to the possible broadband bottlenecks set to hit the UK, the new sewer plans which would reduce the need to dig up roads could potentially save the country as much as £15bn, cutting costs by 70 to 80%. Managing Director of H20 Networks, Elfed Thomas estimated that it would cost between £15m and £24m to connect to a small town or city, compared with up to £80m through new road cables.
Using sewage pipes could provide users with speeds of at least 100 megabits per second, compared to 24 megabits per second on a standard BT network. This procedure has already proved its success in Paris and parts of Japan.
Cable technology through sewage pipes could be installed to a further 10-15 towns and cities over the next five years. However, Elfed Thomas said the company now needs to line up deals with ISPs interested in the new network in order to go ahead with the procedure.
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This plan stinks!
Will flushing the loo make the internet even faster? And when there is a fault, do we call a plumber or a technician? I don’t envy the person who’se job it will be to enter the sewer to set it up. If the internet can travel at 100Mbps through the sewer, why can’t the sewage travel at the same speed? Will websites change from “WWW” to “WWS” in Wales for “Welsh Web Sewer”?
good idea. cant wait to get it
…. i can see the telecoms people rushing to instal and repair cables in a toilet ……
How many Megaplops