This seems to have some useful info:<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.itwire.com/it-industry-news/strategy/40309-broadband-fibre-via-sewer-mooted-for-brisbane?start=1">http://www.itwire.com/it-industry-news/strategy/40309-broadband-fibre-via-sewer-mooted-for-brisbane?start=1</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Some quotes:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; ">"Brisbane-based I3 Asia Pacific has connected two Brisbane City Council premises with a fibre optic cable that runs through the sewer network. The two locations are 1.4km apart."</span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; ">So, they ran a point-to-point optical fibre 1.4km long in a sewer pipe and it worked! Amazing.</span></div>
<div><br></div><meta charset="utf-8"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; ">"microtrenching cuts a slot around 600mm deep and 20mm wide in which the cable is laid"</span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; ">"...currently undergoing testing in the UK to UK, AUstralian and New Zealand standards..."</span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; ">"i3 also produces GPON splitter units."</span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; "><br></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">..."a typical installation by I3 would run fibre to an area through the most available conduit (possibly the sewers). From there, microtrenching would be used to service clusters of around 15 homes, taking the fibre into the building using Atlantis or in a loose dug trench."</span><br>
</span></font><br></div><div>So it looks like they 'could' use the sewer. Perhaps it is a method to attract media attention?</div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 8:24 PM, Brent Paddon <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:brent@overthewire.com.au">brent@overthewire.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Sorry, should have been more specific. I know the firm was named, but does anyone know them, had dealings, known of prior projects O/S, etc..<div>
<br></div><div>Brent<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 6:58 PM, Shaun Deans :: BlueFibre <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:s.deans@bluefibre.com.au" target="_blank">s.deans@bluefibre.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-AU" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Lets try that again….</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">In the article that you posted Brent</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.6pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:12.75pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:black">The deal with Brisbane-based multinational i3 Asia Pacific would provide homes and businesses access to 100 megabits-per-second broadband, the same speeds the federal Labor government plans to offer on its broadband network.</span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.6pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:12.75pt;vertical-align:baseline;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:black">i3 would act as a wholesaler, providing broadband capability to existing telecommunication retailers, such as Telstra and Optus</span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.6pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:12.75pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:black">He said i3 Asia Pacific was rolling out a similar scheme for the whole of Scotland and had successfully operated similar schemes in the United Kingdom since 2002.</span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.6pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:12.75pt;vertical-align:baseline;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:black">About 15,000 homes per month would be able to access the network after the rollout begins.</span></p>
<div><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt"> <a href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net" target="_blank">ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net" target="_blank">ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Brent Paddon<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 14 October 2010 6:47 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ausnog@ausnog.net" target="_blank">ausnog@ausnog.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [AusNOG] Brisbane gets "NBN" early??</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#500050"><a href="http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/technology/technology-news/we-cant-wait-for-nbn-superfast-broadband-for-brisbane-20101014-16kvr.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:#114170">http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/technology/technology-news/we-cant-wait-for-nbn-superfast-broadband-for-brisbane-20101014-16kvr.html</span></a></span></p>
<div><div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#500050">Supposedly rolling out from early next year. No other details yet. Anyone know of the firm involved?<br clear="all">
</span><br>-- <br>--<br>Brent Paddon<br><br>Director | Over the Wire Pty Ltd <a href="mailto:brent.paddon@overthewire.com.au" target="_blank">brent.paddon@overthewire.com.au</a> | <a href="http://www.overthewire.com.au" target="_blank">www.overthewire.com.au</a><br>
Phone: 07 3847 9292 | Fax: 07 3847 9696 | Mobile: 0400 2400 54</p></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>--<br>Brent Paddon<br><br>Director | Over the Wire Pty Ltd <a href="mailto:brent.paddon@overthewire.com.au" target="_blank">brent.paddon@overthewire.com.au</a> | <a href="http://www.overthewire.com.au" target="_blank">www.overthewire.com.au</a><br>
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