There's an article
March 12, 2001 9:52 PM Subscribe
There's an article in the current issue of Red Herring magazine (p. 58) titled Digital Canals about delivering data through water pipes. Sorry no link to this specific story, it's not up on the site yet. Can anybody shed some light on this technology? More in comments...
That wouldn't happen to be the APRIL 1 issue, would it?
posted by kindall at 10:26 PM on March 12, 2001
posted by kindall at 10:26 PM on March 12, 2001
yeah, seriously. That seems a little bit dumb. I'm pumped. I can't wait to see this shit, and I hope its as cheap as water.
posted by howa2396 at 10:51 PM on March 12, 2001
posted by howa2396 at 10:51 PM on March 12, 2001
I know, I know. Every time I get in the shower, my neighbors hop on Napster.
posted by dhartung at 11:41 PM on March 12, 2001
posted by dhartung at 11:41 PM on March 12, 2001
Well, what can I say, here it is. I thought it was pretty lame.
posted by thijsk2 at 12:38 AM on March 13, 2001
posted by thijsk2 at 12:38 AM on March 13, 2001
Still, the idea of using existing infrastructure to lay fiber is real--sewer pipes will probably be used for this, using fiber-laying robots. So there's just enough of an element of truth to it to make you think twice.
posted by mecran01 at 6:32 AM on March 13, 2001
posted by mecran01 at 6:32 AM on March 13, 2001
CityNet Telecom is doing the fiber-through-sewer thing in a few cities right now. It's a great solution to the last mile problem in urban areas. Their homepage is flash-heavy but pretty interesting.
posted by gimli at 8:09 AM on March 13, 2001
posted by gimli at 8:09 AM on March 13, 2001
Speakaing of laying fibre (no; not meant as smut), the New York Rev of Books has article which states that we bombed close to Bagdad (not "routine" as the president has said) because Iraq had got holdof fibre optic radar stuff from Serbian govt and it was being installed by Chinese technicians. The piece claims we waited till it was a day off for fear that we might mistakenly kill the Chinese technicians, the sort of thing done by our smart bombs (?) earlier.
posted by Postroad at 9:28 AM on March 13, 2001
posted by Postroad at 9:28 AM on March 13, 2001
Yes, kindall, it was the April 1 issue. You caught that pretty quick!
posted by JParker at 9:31 AM on March 13, 2001
posted by JParker at 9:31 AM on March 13, 2001
CityNet Telecom is doing the fiber-through-sewer thing in a few cities right now. It's a great solution to the last mile problem in urban areas. Their homepage is flash-heavy but pretty interesting.
Shouldn't that be flush-heavy?
posted by rodii at 9:40 AM on March 13, 2001
Shouldn't that be flush-heavy?
posted by rodii at 9:40 AM on March 13, 2001
Actually, considering the "shitty" connection speed I usually get, I believe that PacBell employs this method for their DSL infrastructure.
posted by fooljay at 3:57 PM on March 13, 2001
posted by fooljay at 3:57 PM on March 13, 2001
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