Will Brisbane broadband get flushed?

The company charged with installing Brisbane’s broadband network has recently been forced to abandon its sewer delivery method in a smaller United Kingdom project.

Lord Mayor Campbell Newman last week announced i3 Asia Pacific would install a $600 million fibre optic broadband network through Brisbane’s wastewater network within the next four years.

However, this website can reveal a similar scheme in the southern English city of Bournemouth had to be abandoned after the relationship between i3 and the local water authority soured — via redwolf.newsvine.com