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Steam Heat to High Speed Internet

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the warm-and-wet dept.

jrmski writes "Thom Greco, an astute businessman from the crumbling town of Wilkes-Barre is betting the future of its downtown on a new state of the art fiber optic network. He recently purchased the former Steam Heat Authority, and the underground pipes associated with it. The pipes provide clear advantages in connecting every downtown building with access faster than what's currently available in Philly."

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  1. Am I the only one... by evanbd · · Score: 4, Funny
    who read this as

    "Steam to Heat High Speed Internet"?

    1. Re:Am I the only one... by nmg196 · · Score: 2, Funny

      ...I couldn't work out why you'd need to heat the internet. It's not like it goes all slow and starts shaking in the Internet. :)

      Nick...

  2. Anyone else... by Xenographic · · Score: 4, Funny

    Anyone else read this too fast and envision a computer or router or something that ran on steam power?

    For some reason, that notion made me think of an AMD Athalon system...

  3. Sounds like... by benja · · Score: 5, Funny

    1. Buy former Steam Heat Authority
    2. Create a state-of-the-art fiber optic network using the steam pipes
    3. ???
    4. Profit!

    At least the article doesn't really say more than that.

  4. Running fibre through the sewers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I was wondering why my connection had gone to shit.

  5. Re:Duh ! Problem is by InfiniteWisdom · · Score: 2, Funny

    WHOA!!!!!

    Better go warn them! I'll bet that thought NEVER crossed their mind. Surely they never even CONSIDERED whether they would actually be able to run the fiber before making the deal.

    Quick! Warn them! There may still be time.

  6. RFC? by Webmoth · · Score: 3, Funny

    Where's the RFC for "A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams on Low-Pressure Steam?"

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