David is an experienced writer based in the UK, currently working in the dotcom industry
You know what it’s like, another day, another commute to work, another set of roadworks somewhere along the way. Chances are they’re probably working on the telecoms cables beneath the surface.
However, the idea of running a fibre-optic network beneath the surface could soon come into practice.
Fibre-optic cables transmit data using light pulses down glass or plastic fibres – which are not prone to outside interference, and could therefore help deliver ultra-fast broadband across the UK.
Such cabling networks are already being implemented in Japan, but also in some cities – such as Paris – making use of vast sewer systems in order to deliver high-speed broadband connections through fibre-optic cabling to homes and businesses.
With a sewer network of over 360,000 miles existing in the UK, the idea of threading cables through underground pipes in order to help deliver high-speed broadband services may sound far-fetched, but it could soon become a reality.
A networking firm in Wales are currently in talks with several councils about the possibility of laying fibre-optic cables – which could potentially lead to faster broadband services becoming available, whilst eliminating the need to spend time and money digging up the roads.
Universities in Aberdeen, Bournemouth and Bath have been used to trial such methods of cabling on a small scale. However the firm have been negotiating with councils and water boards to try and strike a deal which could see fibre-optic cabling being laid over wider areas.
Cables would lie up to five metres below the surface, and as fibre optic cabling is believed to be less prone to erosion and rust, it could prove to be the next phase in delivering ultra-fast broadband connections across the UK.
With more of us running a speed test on our broadband connection – and becoming increasingly frustrated with the results we get back, could a new system of networking help to speed up the broadband infrastructure and give businesses and gamers alike the bandwidth they’ve been craving for what seems like years now?
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