Clarksville Votes Yes for Fiber > The Plant is already there

The Plant is already there

The town next to me did the same thing. The town's power company which owns the utility poles, created there own cable tv and internet network. They already had verizon DSL and comcast cable. While the speeds are not any faster, the support is better and they are putting money into the town, and not into big business.
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reply to heels_fan
Do tell why they used fiber to read the meters? Most utilities use just a wireless transmitter on pole for that cause its %99 cheaper. lol

Did they anticipate this in the long run or something?

reply to heels_fan
im not sure I understandnot, I see nothing about them already having fiber in place. I see a statment similiar to yours about reading meters using the fiber, but it says it will be done over fiber when it is built. Do You have a link to a source?

said by »www.theleafchronicle.com/apps/pb···11080349 :

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The fiber-optic network will allow CDE to remotely read meters every 15 minutes, allowing them to notice power-outages before customers call in.

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reply to markopoleo
Yes they did anticipated it.

Also, I can not find the article that stated they already had some of the fiber in place and it was being used.

I have been told that they were already doing meter reading via the fiber in so areas and needed the bond money to finish the plant and to build the headend, ect.
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reply to markopoleo
Even relaying back to a wireless point on the pole they have to have some kind of connectivity to the pole which means running fiber to the pole. Might as well go the extra few feet and run it right to the house, no spectrum licensing issues, no interference from other wireless and more opportunity with video, internet and telephony. Much better than wireless if you ask me.