H2O Networks aims to bring UK broadband up to speed

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With its sewer-based fibre optic links, H2O Networks plans on revolutionising the UK's broadband services.

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[Skinleech]

Pffft. Dundee of all places!

Glasgow please..

[Funkstar]

I could make many a joke about Dundee and **** holes...

There was a thread about this before wasn't there? Not about the secifics f the rollout, but of the technology.

Good to see Aberdeen University are existing clients of theirs, hopefully that will mean Aberdeen is on the list for this too at some point.

Actualy, I don't think Glasgow is as good a market for them as Dundee and Aberdeen. In glasgow they would be competing against Virgin, BT ADSL and unbundled ADSL. further north the only option is BT or an unbundled supplier, of which it only seems to be the cheap lower end bunch up here. Be for example are notable by their absense in Aberdeen.

[scruffy]

Cracking news, should give VM and BT a kick in the backside no end. Shame it's only up north for now though, never seem to do anything daaaarn saaaaf.

On a similar note, found this earlier which made me chuckle:

Welcome to Google TiSP

[Funkstar]

never seem to do anything daaaarn saaaaf.

Really? you are kidding right?

I think you'l find that because of the population density, 'the south' gets the best choice as far as unbunded exchanges go and i believe they were the first to get the uprated VM speeds. there are also companies in London that will do you SDSL contracts for reasonable amounts of money.

[scruffy]

Really? you are kidding right?

I think you'l find that because of the population density, 'the south' gets the best choice as far as unbunded exchanges go and i believe they were the first to get the uprated VM speeds. there are also companies in London that will do you SDSL contracts for reasonable amounts of money.

As it happens I'm limited to VM where I am, as BT/LLU providers can't offer me more than 1.5mb at my exchange. I'm sure that'll change in time as technology improves, hopefully with a trial to my house

Never mind SDSL, H20's offer of unlimited bandwidth seems rather appealing... granted it's £600+ a month hehe.

[eddietop]

Hopefully northampton. Im sure a 100Mb's connection would have its uses.

[Mblaster]

Cracking news, should give VM and BT a kick in the backside no end. Shame it's only up north for now though, never seem to do anything daaaarn saaaaf.

Doesn't get much further south than Bournemouth

[No.72]

Nooooo, so very very close to Poole.

[Azza]

Im sure I seen another thread about this some where but I canny find it.


But any way Bournemouth is the first Fibrecity.

[pollaxe]

I'd like to get excited about this but I can't.. here's why. I live in the sticks, far from the exchange and where there are no mains sewers. So, unless I've completely misread what may happen then people like me will still be suffering from comparatively poor broadband service unless something else comes along.

[kidzer]

I could make many a joke about Dundee

Keep Scotland tidy, dump your rubbish in Dundee

[TAKTAK]

sorry.... can't help it....

gives new meaning to s**t broadband

[Funkstar]

I'd like to get excited about this but I can't.. here's why. I live in the sticks, far from the exchange and where there are no mains sewers. So, unless I've completely misread what may happen then people like me will still be suffering from comparatively poor broadband service unless something else comes along.

Thats about right.

Any data connection that relies on physical, hard infrastructure is going to be overly costly to roll out to everyone. Your best bet is one of the wirless technologies, and even then it will depend on exactly where you are.

[No.72]

Oh jesus christ the houses that back onto me are in Bournmouth whare as ime just in Poole, they wont put it in Poole exchanges as Poole is crap (exept whare I live).

[stevie lee]

no-one else thinking - won't the rats in the sewers eat the cables?

specially shielded cables wont work, it will just make the rats try harder to get through them.. the sneaky blighters.