Photos: Fibre optic in London's sewers

25 July 2008 11:53 AM

Tags: photos, fibre optics, sewer, cable, 10gbps, london, network, geo

Fibre optic cable can be found in some unusual places, as this photo exploration of London's Victorian sewers reveals.

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ZDNet.com.au's sister site silicon.com took a trip out to the east end of London, to the Thames Water depot near Stratford, for a rare trip down inside London's Victorian sewer network to see a much more high-tech network which it is now hosting — Geo's business broadband network. Here silicon.com editor Steve Ranger dons protective gear and gets ready to go underground.

Photos by silicon.com's Steve Ranger.

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Photos: Fibre optic in London's sewers