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Virginia Power replaced our meter over the summer with a new one that has wireless on it. The meter reader just drives a truck past the houses and grabs the data without him/her ever leaving the truck. I have no idea what protocol they're using, or if it's even remotely secure. Jamie Bowden -- "It was half way to Rivendell when the drugs began to take hold" Hunter S Tolkien "Fear and Loathing in Barad Dur" Iain Bowen <[email protected]> > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 11:44 AM > To: Brandon Galbraith > Cc: Daniel Golding; Niels Bakker; [email protected] > Subject: Re: Google wants to be your Internet > > On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 10:18:09 CST, Brandon Galbraith said: > > Why don't utilities strike deals with celluar providers to > push data back to > > HQ over the cellular network at low utilization times (how > many people use > > GPRS in the dead of night?). > > Especially in rural areas (where physically reading meters > sucks the most due > to long inter-house distances), you have no guarantee of good > cellular coverage. > > The electric company *can* however assume they have copper > connectivity to > the meter by definition.... >
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