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Photos: Fibre in the sewers to speed up UK cities

Push for Broadband Britain...

Tags: fibre, sewer, broadband

By Natasha Lomas

Published: 25 January 2008 10:00 GMT


UK company H2O Networks has announced plans to bring superfast broadband - offering speeds of up to 100Mbps - to UK cities by laying fibre optic cables in the sewer. This is a cheaper option that digging up streets where existing copper cabling is laid.

Photo credit: H2O Networks


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