RC Submarine Lays Fiber Through Sewers In Italy 122
Francesco Fondi writes "An Italian Company is using RC scale model submarines to lay fiber through Milan's sewage system. The RC submarine used is the Neptune SB-1, produced by Taiwanese company Thunder Tiger. It costs ca $600 in US hobby shops." In Italian, but the pictures speak for themselves.
No Shit? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:In other news (Score:1, Funny)
Meanwhile, after the french heard of the situation, the french army secured rubber padding to their weapons so they will retain their value if dropped in an attempt to surrender.
No longer will they have to run the disclaimer in the ad for surplus guns for sale, "never been fired but dropped at least once".
Come on it's just laying cable in the sewers. (Score:3, Funny)
You'll probably (Score:5, Funny)
Load of Crap... (Score:2, Funny)
A sewer submarine? That's a load of crap...
Fiber in the sewer systems? (Score:4, Funny)
Of course, the other way to get more fibre in the system bran muffins.
Great.. (Score:5, Funny)
Surely that should have been "lays cable"? (Score:2, Funny)
In soviet Italy... (Score:5, Funny)
In soviet Italy, the crap is full of internet.
Re:Slashdotted (Score:3, Funny)
I'm sure there's going to be a lot of band jokes coming about "blocked tubes" and the like.
Re:An Italian Italian company? (Score:3, Funny)
Their pizzas are spherical.
Please tag this story "it" (Score:4, Funny)
Please tag this story "it", so it's easier to find other stories about Italy later.
5M depth and 2km/h, says the spec (Score:3, Funny)
I think the word you're looking for... (Score:5, Funny)
I'm sure there's going to be a lot of band jokes coming about "blocked tubes" and the like.
Instead of traffic congestion, we will have traffic constipation.
Cable repair guy (Score:4, Funny)
It's all fun and games until the cable breaks and someone has to swim in there and fix it.
poor little Italian hobby company webserver (Score:4, Funny)
didn't stand a chance against a slashdotting...
Re:No Shit? (Score:3, Funny)
Shitty Internet Connection (TM)
Feeling flush?
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Customer: My internet is backed up!
CSR: Have you tried Imodium?
Customer: My internet is intermittent.
CSR: You're out of balance upstream/downstream. Now that you have fiber in your sewer, you need more fiber in your diet.