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size=2 face=Arial>Let's hope the service doesn't suffer from brown 
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face=Verdana>Regards, <BR> <BR> <BR></FONT><FONT size=2><FONT 
face=Verdana><STRONG>Darren Moss<BR></STRONG>General Manager<BR>Australia and 
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net 
[mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Paul 
Brooks<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, 15 October 2010 10:04 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Brent 
Paddon; ausnog@ausnog.net<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [AusNOG] Brisbane gets "NBN" 
early??<BR></FONT><BR></P>
<DIV></DIV>On 14/10/2010 7:46 PM, Brent Paddon wrote: 
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  <DIV><FONT color=#500050 face="arial, sans-serif"><SPAN 
  style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse">Supposedly rolling out from early next year. 
   No other details yet.  Anyone know of the firm involved?<BR 
  clear=all></SPAN></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>The original announcements in 
2009 were for a group called 'H20 Networks' as an offshoot of the i3 group, 
which is a UK firm specialising in sewer deployments.<BR><BR>see <A 
class=moz-txt-link-freetext 
href="http://www.h2o-networks.com/">http://www.h2o-networks.com/</A> for the UK 
parent firm, and <A class=moz-txt-link-freetext 
href="http://www.h2onetworks.com.au/">http://www.h2onetworks.com.au/</A> for the 
Australian (Brisbane) website.<BR><BR>H2O networks have been doing this a while 
around the world, and been reported on in Australia back to 2008:<BR><BR><A 
class=moz-txt-link-freetext 
href="http://www.itnews.com.au/News/102018,uk-sewage-network-could-provide-super-fast-broadband.aspx">http://www.itnews.com.au/News/102018,uk-sewage-network-could-provide-super-fast-broadband.aspx</A><BR><BR>and 
from 2006 when they first announced their Fibre Optical Underground Sewer System 
- <A class=moz-txt-link-freetext 
href="http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-153766470.html">http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-153766470.html</A> 
(can't find the full announcement)<BR><BR>It all seems to be the brainchild of 
one Elfed Thomas who talks about it here <A class=moz-txt-link-freetext 
href="http://lifestyle.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=11352">http://lifestyle.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=11352</A>, 
who is also CEO of i3 Group (or was in July 2010), so i3 and H20 networks 
appears to be fairly interchangable.<BR><BR>From the reading I've done, it looks 
like an i3/H20 proposal after much lobbying and demonstrations being given 
permission to build and pay for the network, rather than an initiaitive driven 
by BCC.<BR><BR>Paul.<BR><BR></BODY></HTML>