London's internet down the sewer

Normally a company might object if you suggested its chief asset was down the sewer, but not the telecommunications company Geo. The company which sells bespoke networks to business customers bought the sewer-based fibre optic network in 2006 for 1.5 million pounds. As it announces an extension of the network to London's South Bank, Reuters Technology Correspondent Matt Cowan heads down to London's Victorian sewer system to get a glimpse of the UK's newest fibre optic network.

• 2008-07-18T19:07:36+00:00
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internet london technologies sewer systems services business engineering geo fiber optic cables