[ILUG-Social] Dublin sewers may carry fibre optic network

[Brendan Kehoe]

http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/finance/2001/0102/fin10.htm

Dublin sewers may carry fibre optic network

By Jamie Smyth

A US telecoms company plans to use Dublin's ageing sewerage system as a
digital superhighway capable of transmitting data directly into businesses and
homes.

Maryland-based CityNet Telecom wants to use miniature robots to deploy miles
of fibre optic cable in the city's sewers to connect individual buildings with
existing fibre networks.

The company held talks with Dublin Corporation and Fingal County Council
earlier this month and intends formally to apply to gain access to the sewers
early this year.  Dublin's system of sewers was built from the 1860s onwards
and is made up of 1,500 miles of pipes spread throughout the length and
breadth of the city.

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