Chuck McCown wrote: > The power company wants to take rate payer money and build a broadband > network that will contact each meter for the purpose of managing energy. It > will also supply broadband to the homeowner if they want. This should not > be allowed.
I'll bite. Why not? (The following may not represent the views of my boss, my company, WISPA for whom I occasionally do work, or even myself.) Power utilities have invested tens of millions of dollars into their infrastructure. As a publicly-regulated utility, they're required to continue to spend money on a regular basis to maintain and upgrade the infrastructure. Why shouldn't they be permitted to try to recoup some of that cost through non-traditional means? Are you arguing that they shouldn't be allowed to start using automated-meter-reading technology, or that they shouldn't be allowed to sell Internet connectivity using that same system? There's a very fine line between the two. David Smith -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
