Internet Via Electric Lines?

[Thorsten Fenk]

Cees de Groot (cg at evrl.xs4all.nl) wrote :

> In the Netherlands, every house is hooked to the natural gas network. I've
> heard rumours about them guys testing literally blowing fiber into your
> house through the gas pipes (hook fiber to a shuttle, let it loose - gas
> pressure does the rest). Never heard how they're gonna do the steering on
> junctions, though...

That's not too difficult. There have small Robots for i.e. investigating
Tubes with a Camera, sealing Leaks,etc.
The smallest Tube Diameter they can reach with a Camera is 
2,5 inch, given that there are no Curves.

regards
Thorsten

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