 amungusPremium join:2004-11-26 America Reviews:
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| duh a conduit is a conduit... as long as they're not laying bare fiber, without any cladding , I think it's a great idea. Sure wouldn't want to be working on it, but it seems like it'd be easier than starting from scratch. | |
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 |  Romney2012Defeat Obama 2012-Chg we can believe inPremium join:2002-03-03 USA kudos:4 | Re: duh said by amungus:a conduit is a conduit... as long as they're not laying bare fiber, without any cladding  , I think it's a great idea. Sure wouldn't want to be working on it, but it seems like it'd be easier than starting from scratch. I agree. But, like you, I wouldn't want to be a technician dispatched to go troubleshoot an outage in the sewer. Fiber cladding chewed on by rats?? -- Internet News My BLOG My Web Page | |
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 |  |  53059959Temp banned from BBR more then anyone join:2002-10-02 PwnZone | Re: duh I would think they have that figured out already, since they already have undersea fiber optic cable that is resistant to shark bites. | |
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 |  Old_GrouchDon't just sit there silly DO somethingPremium join:2004-05-26 Greenwood, IN kudos:1 | They only did it because they heard that some successful American broadband companies' service was in the toilet.
They thought they'd leap ahead.  -- At Team Discovery we know how to get more outta that danged 'puter of yours! | |
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 DHRacerFire Survivor join:2000-10-10 Lake Arrowhead, CA | Marketing slogans? If Qwest's is "Ride the Light" does that mean Britain's is going to be "Ride the Sewer"? | |
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 |  dvd536as Mr. Pink as they comePremium join:2001-04-27 Phoenix, AZ kudos:4 | Re: Marketing slogans? said by DHRacer:If Qwest's is "Ride the Light" does that mean Britain's is going to be "Ride the Sewer"? Anyone thats had Qwest DSL knows its "ride the lies" not ride the light. -- You can never be too rich, too thin or have too much Bandwidth | |
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 |  |  CuchulainnThe Roar of the Masses Could be Farts join:2000-11-09 Chevy Chase, MD | Re: Marketing slogans? said by HiVolt Ride The Shite. [/BQUOTE :That is FUNNY. You just made my day! | |
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 |  alphapointeDon't Touch MePremium,MVM join:2002-02-10 Columbia, MO kudos:2 | Re: Googles dark porcelain Beat me to it... | |
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 |  en102Canadian, eh? join:2001-01-26 Valencia, CA | Is the broadband 'pipe' large enough  -- Canada = Hollywood North | |
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 | | How do they do that? Every time I hear about running fiber through the sewer all i can imagine is the line ran out of a toilet. I know that can't be right. How do they get the line out of the sewer pipe and to a spot that is usable. What happens if they need to run a "snake" through a pipe with fiber in it. Does liquid plumber destroy these lines. I've just gotta know. | |
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 |  gaforcesUnited We Stand, Divided We Fall join:2002-04-07 Santa Cruz, CA 2 edits | Re: How do they do that? Dangers of Installing Fiber |
They used trained turtles to drag the lines around, with a huge rat as overseer... sorry couldn't resist 
The sewer company's have been using fiber lines with cameras and snakes/robots to clear lines for a long time. I suspect that the lines are rated for a period of time in a corrosive environment, then they replace them. | |
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 WeSRT4 join:2000-11-20 Mobile, AL | Drano FTW Network congestion could be elimated by simply using Drano every once in a while. | |
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 Kiryu join:2005-07-21 United Kingd | Sewers? France has been doing this for years now. Deployed their city wide (paris) wifi system utilizing the sewers. | |
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 bobrkYou kids get offa my lawnPremium join:2000-02-02 San Jose, CA | Britian? Where's that? I'd worry about the sewer rats chewing on the lines. | |
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 |  noedge join:2005-06-22 Sutter, CA | Re: fiber break. Could put a whole different meaning to "back up the system" | |
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 | | FTTT Fiber To The Toilet...anyone? I guess the Brits would have FTTWC, Fiber To The Water Closet. | |
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 |  CuchulainnThe Roar of the Masses Could be Farts join:2000-11-09 Chevy Chase, MD | Re: FTTT said by Craptastic :
Fiber To The Toilet...anyone? I guess the Brits would have FTTWC, Fiber To The Water Closet. Aberdeen is in Scotland. FTTK? (Fibre to the Kludge) FTTL? (Fibre to the Loo, but only in Edinburgh ) FTTD? (Fibre to the Dunny for the Glaswegians in the crowd!)
Aberdeen? FTTB (Fibre to the Bampots) FTTSS (Fibre to the Sheep Shaggers ) -- Getting your news from Bill O'Reilly is like getting your nutrition from deep-fried Ding Dongs.
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Old joke, I know. | |
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 KCrimsonPremium join:2001-02-25 Brooklyn, NY kudos:1 Reviews:
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| Meet the Commisioner of Brittish "Dark" Fiber Mr. Edward Norton - chief of Brittish Telecom's "Dark" Fiber efforts, pictured here entering the latest in a series of broadband sewer terminals. | |
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| Re: Meet the Commisioner of Brittish "Dark" Fiber said by KCrimson:Mr. Edward Norton - chief of Brittish Telecom's "Dark" Fiber efforts, pictured here entering the latest in a series of broadband sewer terminals. Norton's pseudo hero was a supposed French builder of the sewer system in Paris only to turn out to be the one who condemned the sewers.. | |
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| Re: Meet the Commisioner of Brittish "Dark" Fiber said by KCrimson:and for your bonus question: What was that French man's name? A. Pierre Francois de la Briosche Source: »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_from_Space
All these small countries huffing & puffing about the cost of infrastructure builds.. once the major portion of fiber optics is laid.. the technology can meet demand for 20+ years and be fully upgradeable without major overhauls. I disagree that the sewers are the only route capable of supporting cable builds, but that's just my opinion. As joked about many times.. if they do go the odorous route.. google will certainly want to help the UK map it's sewer system.
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| Newspaper headline..........
ERRANT TURD CAUSES NATIONWIDE INTERNET OUTAGE! | |
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 |  |  stridr69 join:2003-05-19 San Luis Obispo, CA | Re: Meet the Commisioner of Brittish "Dark" Fiber Hey, Ed Norton being the "subterranean" engineer that he was, would kick ass on bringing the U.K.'s broadband "up to speed" I.E. maximum flush mode!  | |
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 |  CuchulainnThe Roar of the Masses Could be Farts join:2000-11-09 Chevy Chase, MD | Tony Blair is out of a job. And shite is his forte.... | |
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 2 edits | Potty Broadband
If they can use a natural gas pipe as a microwave waveguide for broadband, why not use the larger sewer pipe as a mid-band waveguide for broadband? Replace all the concrete pipes with stainless steel. They would have to calculate the wave propagation speed through various mediums. When my father worked on ground communications for project Mercury back in the early 1960s, AT&T had a problem with a microwave link from an earth station somewhere in Africa. It seems the workers who constructed the microwave tower were using the microwave horns as urinals. Once they emptied all the urine out of the waveguides, the system worked properly again. -- "Remember, Comrade, people who are willing to destroy an efficient telephone system may not be playing with a full deck." | |
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 |  public join:2002-01-19 Santa Clara, CA | Re: Potty Broadband said by Alex G Bell: Replace all the concrete pipes with stainless steel. They would have to calculate the wave propagation speed through various mediums. Brilliant!!!! Award the no bid contract to Halliburton, and fund it with a tax cut for the top bracket. Qualifies the poster for senior kommissar in the present administration. | |
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 gilligunShipwreckedPremium join:2002-11-22 Denver, CO | what smells? So THATS what is clogging my damn sewer..too many packets I guess  -- Why do I have long hair?? It covers my bald spot! | |
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 BordruhPremium join:2001-01-21 Woodbridge, VA | Marketing tag Line "Bringing a whole new level of filth to the Internet" -- Can a man drown in the fountain of eternal life?
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