Communications network that is partly undersea and partly run along inland waterways

摘要

A communications network having a loop backbone passing around the UK mainland and a plurality of spurs running inland, the loop backbone being formed by a plurality of switching stations connected by fibre optic cables which run undersea for at least part of their length, the spurs being connected to the loop backbone by the switching stations, being formed by fibreoptic cables and running inland along waterways.