[Scan-DC] Question re: cell-like antennas on gas meters and such

[Watson, Chuck]

Hello:

In the Washington DC area, some residents can opted into a electric
company program which controls the electrical load available to their
homes.  I think it may now be wireless.  The idea is to restrict the
load to residential homes during peak hours during the day.  But I am
not sure if the program and the wireless connections are still in use.

Regards,
Charles Watson | The MITRE Corporation | 7515 Colshire Drive | McLean,
VA | 22102
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[mailto:scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Dan Brown
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 8:25 AM
To: Scan-DC
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Question re: cell-like antennas on gas meters
and such

On Fri, 14 Jul 2006, jay dehm wrote:

> I've seen around my neighborhood grey boxes on top of various
> enclosers with cell-like looking antennas on them. I also saw a

A picture would be worth the proverbial 1000 words. 

I know in our neighborhood, we have old Richochet wireless boxes
hanging
from light poles and such.  Google will pull up a few pictures of these
things.  IIRC these were owned by Metricom, but they've since gone TU.
I
vaguely recall hearing that some utility services used these modems for
collecting customer billing info and such, but I don't have any current
references to back that up. 


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Dan Brown 
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