Workers lower SAM down a manhole and into the sewer where it is remotely controlled by a technician. Rolling on four small wheels, the robot installs steel rings around the inside of the pipe every few feet. I've been thinking about this problem for a long time. It's a simple idea, but revolutionary. CityNet installs the fiber and then leases it to telecommunications companies, Internet and network service providers and others, large or small, that offer high-speed service.
Cities share in the revenue.
CityNet also inspects, maps and cleans, free of charge, the sewer lines it uses. CityNet is building the major remaining piece of the high-speed broadband race track. InternetNews Radio Copyright 2001 INT Media Group, Incorporated All Rights Reserved.