Video: Sewer networks help preserve London's position as world financial centre
- Author:
- Ian Grant
- Posted:
- 09:37 23 Jul 2008
London’s position as the financial, if not business, capital of the world may be at risk simply because its under-road communications ducts are full to bursting.
That’s why one telecommunications company, Geo, has turned to London’s 65,000 kilometre sewer network, mostly built in Victorian times, to provide fast, secure access for businesses that need to be online.
Ian Grant took his video camera into the sewers to see what Geo is doing.