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August 20, 2007, 3:13 pm
Say this for IT officials at the University of Aberdeen, in Scotland: They’re willing to get their hands dirty. The university is routing a new fiber-optic network through an underground sewer system, ZDNet reports.
The new wires will replace an outdated microwave network and allow the university to maintain a wireless broadband Internet service for about 1,700 students. —Brock Read
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