University of Aberdeen’s sewer connection
p2pnet news | WiFi:- The University of Aberdeen is getting down and dirty.
Literally.
It’s going underground for a 1-gig sewer-enabled high-speed broadband internet connection for students, says ZDNet UK.
“The dark fibre sewer connection will provide broadband at the university’s Hillhead student village halls of residence by replacing an existing microwave link between the main campus and the village,” says the story, quoting Dr Brian Robertson, head of infrastructure at the university, as saying:
“The microwave connection is relatively low bandwidth and one of the issues is the trees keep growing and are in the line of sight. We needed a hard-wired connection.”
Aberdeen will now be able to offer its 1,700 students a wireless broadband service called ResNet.
Mainstream ISPs aren’t allowed to install their own connections, adds ZDNet.
Also See:
ZDNet UK – Sewer system to provide student broadband, August 20, 2007
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