NBN Co is looking to use city traffic light systems to flow its fibre-to-the-premises (FttP) and fibre-to-the-node (FttN) networks to transport infrastructure sites. The purpose is “to enable service providers to supply telecommunications services in connection with transport infrastructure,” NBN said in a document published late last week.

It says the technical trial is intended to field test the technical feasibility of supplying the “NEBS” – in case you didn’t know, that’s the NBN Co Ethernet Bitstream Service –  to locations at  transport infrastructure sites like traffic lights.

What the traffic lights will do with the NBN service is not explained, but presumably someone will come up with something: a mini-glimpse of Teenage Mutant Nija Turtles  or Father Brown while you wait for a green, perhaps. Can’t wait …