From: Thorsten Fenk <t.fenk@ino.de>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 03:48:59 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Internet Via Electric Lines?
In-Reply-To: <199710081601.JAA15326@toad.com>
Message-ID: <19971009210730.57072@nostromo.ino.de>
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Cees de Groot (cg@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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