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Also, it can be ran through water pipes to retrofit areas that you dont want to dig up [0]

[0]: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clygd9nznj9o

Also, it can be ran through water pipes to retrofit areas that you dont want to dig up

And if you're really ambitious, you can run it through oil pipelines.

One of the first nationwide VOD networks was a private one run by a big oil pipeline company in Houston. I knew someone who worked on one of its daily live news shows that was transmitted that way to energy traders and oil/gas executives in offices across North America.

They made a mint selling the excess bandwidth to television stations and networks.

There's no way the fiber was run "through" the pipeline. They likely just used their right-of-way to run the fiber next to, attached to, or dug underneath, the pipeline.

I hope you don't mind if I believe the word of people who were actually involved with this over some rando on the internet second-guessing them 30 years later.

Pipelines are already filled with all kinds of electronics.

https://www.slb.com/products-and-services/innovating-in-oil-...

An oil filled anything has always been the gold standard to run wiring through. It’s insulted, temperature regulated, vibration resistant etc etc. also a huge pain if something does break … lol which fortunately is unlikely !

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