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Re: Ahh well

said by batageek See Profile :

I'd like to be supportive, but I don't get it.
TXU electric here in Dallas/Fort Worth is plopping-down $10 million (as stated above). I think they know it'll be a consumer flop -- especially in a metro area that is well served by cable and telco broadband.

IMHO - TXU just wants the new data-grid for their own sensor/meter-reading network. It's damm good for that. TXU had to get it past the shareholders somehow -- and God knows they're dumb enough to think maybe this thing will pay for itself (heh-heh).
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permalink · 2006-01-23 13:09:49 · Print · Reply to this

batageek
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Re: Ahh well

but even so, their own meter readings could be done wirelessly.

I'm a fiber guy for God's sake, but if I just wanted to read meters and try to offer some broadband offering (with no phone or tv offering), it would just seem to make sense to use a hybrid fiber / wifi system to accomplish that. You'd have much higher potenital for a competitive offering due to higher bandwidth (as far as I can tell) than you'll ever get out of a BPL system.

Again, I must be missing something.
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