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University Taps Sewers for Internet Access

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the thats-where-we-breed-the-super-crocs dept.

Stony Stevenson writes "A web connection via the toilet bowl may sound like Google's most recent April Fool, but the University of Aberdeen plans to welcome students back with a high bandwidth internet network connected via the sewers. The university tapped H2O Networks to provide a high capacity link for the next 10 years, enabling students to access the internet from their halls of residence. H2O Networks is a deploying dark fibre in the UK's waste water network to enable connectivity to those who have limited access. The network is known as 'fibre via the sewer'."

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  1. At last! by ExE122 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Proof that the internet really is just a bunch of shit being pushed through series of tubes...



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    1. Re:At last! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Well, fiber does help get your shit through your tubes, so I think it's a great idea!

    2. Re:At last! by rdavidson3 · · Score: 2, Funny

      I think Google has prior art here. http://www.google.com/tisp/install.html

    3. Re:At last! by rmadmin · · Score: 3, Funny

      Man, I thought my routes with AT&T were shitty.. guess it could be worse. :)

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    4. Re:At last! by sniggly · · Score: 5, Funny

      And it provides a new excuse to helpdesk employees 'Sir, your connection has been severed by alligators'

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    5. Re:At last! by Dystopian+Rebel · · Score: 2, Funny

      And guess what! In another startling innovation, the documentation really ~is~ bum-wipe.

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  2. Gives new meaning... by oxidiser · · Score: 5, Funny

    to the term "shitty connection". **rimshot**

    1. Re:Gives new meaning... by CrazyBusError · · Score: 5, Funny

      A rim-shot, of course, is an entirely different matter and significantly harder to clean up.

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    2. Re:Gives new meaning... by MrNemesis · · Score: 4, Funny

      Commodem?

      Particularly if your router is going to have be installed next to the toilet...

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    3. Re:Gives new meaning... by Jim+Hall · · Score: 3, Funny

      to the term "shitty connection". **rimshot**

      "My internet connection really stinks."

      Thank you, I'm here all night. Try the fish.

    4. Re:Gives new meaning... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      and to the term "P2P"

    5. Re:Gives new meaning... by Doctor+Memory · · Score: 3, Funny

      FTTT — fiber to the toilet.

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  3. PUTP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The network is known as 'fibre via the sewer'."

    How unimaginative. I propose the alternate "PUTP" (Pipe up the Pooper).

  4. Oh, great by jollyreaper · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh, great, my flatmate is in the bog flushing his DNS. Anyone got a match?

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  5. Dark Fiber? by fataugie · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm pretty sure I deployed some "Dark Fiber" this morning when I got my coffee and cigarette.

    Say hi to Mr. Hanky when you see him.

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    1. Re:Dark Fiber? by j00r0m4nc3r · · Score: 3, Funny

      If you have the diet of a prototypical Slashdotter there probably isn't much actual fiber in it.

    2. Re:Dark Fiber? by TeknoHog · · Score: 2, Funny

      But only because you mean nutritional fiber, not optical.

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  6. Alright! by djasbestos · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now the ninja turtles can fight cybercrime from home!

  7. I wonder... by philmack · · Score: 5, Funny

    With all that fiber, I wonder if they try to keep logs

  8. Dark fibre ? by Kohath · · Score: 4, Funny

    You'd think they might deploy fiber-optic cables and actually use them instead of letting them remain dark. I hear you get better throughput and higher bandwidth that way.

  9. Has to be said.. by Fr05t · · Score: 2, Funny

    More like H2Ewwww!

  10. Re:I can't wait to see this by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 5, Funny

    On Mike Rowe's "Dirty Jobs"... Kinda brings a whole new meaning to the name 'Mike Rowe Soft'!

    (sorry, had to do it, couldn't be helped.)

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  11. Brings new meaning to the saying... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Brings new meaning to the phrase: "my bandwidth has gone down the toilet".

  12. Quit hogging the toilet! by Ilan+Volow · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have to PPP.

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    1. Re:Quit hogging the toilet! by EnsilZah · · Score: 2, Funny

      I prefer PPPTP (Point to Point Poop Tunneling Protocol) personally, as I prefer to keep my transactions private.

  13. Somewhere Beavis is yelling... by russlar · · Score: 3, Funny

    "I need internets for my bunghole!"

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    1. Re:Somewhere Beavis is yelling... by GreatRedShark · · Score: 4, Funny

      More like:
      "I need TCP for my Bunghole!"

  14. New protocall needed.... by ruiner13 · · Score: 1, Funny

    Is it going to run TCP/IPee?

    And I thought my internet connection was shitty.

    Ok, I'm done. Sorry. :)

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  15. The Gibson Suppository by JudgeSlash · · Score: 2, Funny

    HighFiberSpace...

    Extruding polygons has never been so... satisfying.

  16. Re:Mike Rowe's job is safe by Eudial · · Score: 2, Funny

    I smell a new episode of Dirty Jobs.


    Poor you. That show has made me realize how happy I am that I don't have smellovision.
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  17. Re:I can't wait to see this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Kinda brings a whole new meaning to the name 'Mike Rowe Soft'!

    Brown Screen of Death?

  18. Anal Log Hole by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    But now how are they ever going to close the anal log hole?

    1. Re:Anal Log Hole by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      "It's OK boss, that's just the port for our new high-speed back-end, although I realize it looks a lot like Tubgirl."

    2. Re:Anal Log Hole by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      I realize it looks a lot like Tubgirl You mean the Loopback Inherface?
  19. Interesting technology by MobileTatsu-NJG · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm amazed that they sussed this out. I mean, everybody knows how to send the numbers 1 and 2 through the sewer pipes. But... how do you send a 0?!

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  20. This is great for security... by msauve · · Score: 4, Funny

    I mean, it removes a lot of the incentive to sniff the network, doesn't it?

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  21. Re:They run fiber through a lot of weird places by hirvonen · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is it just me, or does that product name (FIST SCO2) sound, you know, a bit weird?

  22. IP Freely by knodi · · Score: 2, Funny

    I've heard of these guys, I think the product is being branded as "IP Freely"

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  23. Re:just like my crap DSL from Qwest by AaxelB · · Score: 5, Funny

    can you trust a company that can't spell "quest?"

    About as much as you can trust a company that can't spell "googol."
  24. CHUDDs by rjason · · Score: 2, Funny

    The CHUDDS will havehigh speed internet access to look at porn.

  25. More shit... by BUL2294 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Real crap, meet virtual crap...

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  26. That's not the real name by Tired+and+Emotional · · Score: 2, Funny

    The correct name for the system is "Sewer Hosted Internet Transport Layer". Otherwise known by its acronym, YK. (You Know)

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  27. has anybody considered the security aspects??? by marhar · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Ma'm, I know it seems like a strange place for a webcam..."

  28. me and you and... by Imazalil · · Score: 2, Funny

    ))<>((

    is this too obscure a reference?