Re: Slicing Bread with a Chainsaw

fireflier Coffee. . .Need Coffee Premium join:2001-05-25 Limbo ·Skype	reply to rf_engineer Re: Slicing Bread with a Chainsaw Utilities sometimes use OPGW (fiber embedded static wire) on the transmission level for various bulk purposes (including commercial telecom networks on occasion) so that wouldn't present a significant obstacle if they wanted to pursue it. But I'd still rather see the fiber used for utility infrastructure and not for consumers. Reliability of the electric system should be top priority. -- When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
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rf_engineer join:2003-08-04 USA	reply to fireflier said by fireflier : Low bandwidth channels couldn't handle video surveillance at critical substations that some utilities may want to monitor for vandalism/terrorism/damage. True, but BPL isn't a long haul technology. Chances are if they are injecting BPL at a substation for distribution on medium voltage lines, they are going to be backhauling the data via fiber or telco facilities at that point. To carry megs of video back to a network operations center via BPL would be costly.
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