AT&T Announces Intent to Build 1 Gigabit Fiber Network in Austin

Re:AT&T Announces Intent to Build 1 Gigabit Fiber Network in... by lifeisstillgood on Tuesday April 09, 2013 @07:44PM (#5522253)

Back in my Demon Internet days we went through every possible way of solving that last mile. One of the most innovative solutions, that actually got trailed before being "canned" was to backhaul fibre through the sewage system - it was pre existing tunnelling in every home, could be installed by any fool and had negligible effect on "flow"

For some reason it never caught on :-)

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Re:AT&T Announces Intent to Build 1 Gigabit Fiber Network in... by pindi on Tuesday April 09, 2013 @08:28PM (#5522437)

Sounds like Google TiSP: http://www.google.com/tisp/install.html

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Re:AT&T Announces Intent to Build 1 Gigabit Fiber Network in... by cpeterso on Tuesday April 09, 2013 @07:50PM (#5522285)

That's a crazy/brilliant idea! How did the fibre exit the sewage system at the home?

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Re:AT&T Announces Intent to Build 1 Gigabit Fiber Network in... by gregpilling on Tuesday April 09, 2013 @08:02PM (#5522318)

Sewage systems are non-pressurized gravity flow and many have cleanouts for service. The line could exit out via the cleanout. My house has a clean out just as the sewer line exits the foundation, and the sewer line itself is a 4" pipe. Lots of room and easy access.

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Re:AT&T Announces Intent to Build 1 Gigabit Fiber Network in... by jfb on Tuesday April 09, 2013 @08:08PM (#5522347)

I don't think you'd like the water-proof junction box.

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