Google fibre method "could save NBN $10 billion"

This looks even smarter.

You just need a small volunteer as a pull-though. :-) (I can think of other answers, but censored myself)

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Cheers Don...

Don McKenzie wrote

Nope, its a completely stupid way to do fibre in the suburbs.

Certainly for the final fanout that's true. But it could be an extremely efficient way for running trunk feeds, where distances could be tens of Km and there are no offtakes on the way.

Only if your main feed is live video of the sewage works. IME, it is of little practical use as sewer main doesn't run where the comms cables run or are needed.

I dunno what your experience is, but Telecom used to run dedicated cables along side sewer routes for monitoring sewer pumps as a failure is disastrous.

For this you need the NBN? Oh well, Australia can lead the world in "Turd Cam".

It just points out that, like the sewer, you are full of it, with your statement that there are no cables near sewers.

Step away from the mirror. That was not what I said, which was; ................................................................... Only if your main feed is live video of the sewage works. IME, it is of little practical use as sewer main doesn't run where the comms cables run or are needed. ...................................................................

Monitoring of a few sewage pumps is hardly justification, leading to a major saving in construction, for the NBN. And guess what, sewer pipes are never "full of it" unless people have been illegally diverting storm water into them.