High speed broadband down the loo

Broadband that’s faster, cheaper to install and environmentally friendly!! Surely this isn’t possible? Over the last 5 years H20 Networks has been in negotiations with water companies to implement it's fibre-via-sewers network known as Focus (Fibre Optic Cable Underground Sewer).

A handful of universities including Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Bournemouth are already seeing the benefits of high connection speeds of up to 20gbps. The new phase plans to roll out the fibre network to businesses and consumers next month.

Benefits of using sewers allow costs to be kept to a minimum and no disruption to the roads being dug up. Managing director Elfed Thomas explained that Napier University implemented a 1.2km fibre network that cost £80,000 comparing this to a traditional fibre network that would have cost around £400,000.

This BBC video demonstrates the implementation of the cables.