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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (1353)	4/9/2000 9:12:00 PM
From: Teddy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1782

RE: The Paris sewer system was highlighted at one point, and mention was made to the possible revamping of that relic at some point. Due to the manner in which the system is currently "flushed", I would think that it is not entirely friendly to fiber routes right now, at least not in many of its primary and secondary tributaries. In Paris, they pass a huge wooden ball through every major route to ensure that solid matter is pushed to its ultimate destinations. Frank, Did you tape the programme? I was able to find this listing on Excite: Invisible Places - DSC Sat Apr 8 1:00PM Science Historical (60 minutes) Subtropolis, episode #102 Infrastructures of the world's cities. First Aired Sun Oct 18, 1998 I searched the Discoverydotcom site for long enough to be confident that the site contains no information on the programme. Since it first aired a year and a half ago, maybe they are now using more modern technics to move material through the system (chemicals or poop eating microbes or something). I would agree that if they still use the "pass a huge wooden ball through every major route" method, the company's business plan has a majour flaw. I'll have to look into this important issue. In Paris, France, we have received approval from the city authorities to lay our fiber in the underground sewer system. This agreement enables us to lay our fiber in a cost- effective manner because it entails minimal excavation of city streets as the system's conduits connect to nearly all buildings in Paris