Australia's third-largest city is investigating bringing high-speed broadband Internet to Brisbane homes and businesses using its sewer pipes to carry fibre optic cables, Channel 7 News reported.
It was reported Saturday that Lord Mayor Campbell Newman said residents could soon have access to next-generation broadband technology at no cost to taxpayers.
Newman said Brisbane city council is in discussions with a British company seeking to put broadband fibre optic into the city using Brisbane's sewer system.
Since the sewer pipes already connect all the buildings in the city and little additional digging will be required, the city can be fibre-optic hardwired relatively quickly and inexpensively, Channel 7 News said.
"We want 100 megabits per second fibre-to-the-home and we want it now," the mayor said.
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It was reported Saturday that Lord Mayor Campbell Newman said residents could soon have access to next-generation broadband technology at no cost to taxpayers.
Newman said Brisbane city council is in discussions with a British company seeking to put broadband fibre optic into the city using Brisbane's sewer system.
Since the sewer pipes already connect all the buildings in the city and little additional digging will be required, the city can be fibre-optic hardwired relatively quickly and inexpensively, Channel 7 News said.
"We want 100 megabits per second fibre-to-the-home and we want it now," the mayor said.
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