"Broadband over 'wet string' tested for fun"

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42338067

'Engineers at a small British internet service provider have successfully made a broadband connection work over 2m (6ft 7in) of wet string.'

'The connection reached speeds of 3.5 Mbps (megabits per second), according to the Andrews and Arnold engineer who conducted the experiment.'

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