The first residents in Bournemouth to benefit from a new sewer-based 100Mbps fibre-optic broadband network will be connected in March.
Broadband users in Bournemouth are set to receive super-fast next-generation broadband in March - thanks to their sewer system.
Telecoms company Fibrecity has announced that the first 30 homes will be hooked up to the fibre-optic service, capable of delivering speeds of 100Mbps. By contrast, Virgin Media's recent delivery of the 'UK's fastest broadband' is capable of speeds of 50Mbps.
However, Fibrecity claims that one of the real benefits it provides is the lack of disruption it causes to areas where it is deploying its network. It claims that its FS System, which involves cable being laid in the sewer network, means work is completed 90 percent faster and causes a minimum of disturbances.
Elfed Thomas, chief executive of Fibrecity parent company H2O Networks, said: "Since its launch last year, the initiative has progressed according to plan and is on schedule to be completed by 2010. We are in a very strong position and are having positive discussions with a number of key content providers and that can provide wholesale access to Fibrecity customers."
While Bournemouth is the first UK city to receive a Fibrecity network, Dundee has also signed up for the technology. With parties across the political spectrum touting the possibility of universal broadband, many may be looking at how the firm's approach performs.
