Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!pasteur!ames!elroy!gryphon!vector!telecom-gateway From: morris@jade.jpl.nasa.gov (Mike Morris) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: New Enhancements From the BOC's Message-ID: Date: 4 Jun 89 00:43:08 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: Mike Morris Lines: 25 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 188, message 6 of 8 >>SOUTHWESTERN BELL has begun a telemetry trial that allows utilities to read >>home utility meters over a single telephone line. The test is being conducted >>at about fifty homes in Kansas City, MO. >A similar trial was conducted in Toronto, Ont., over ten years ago. I >presume it involved Bell Canada and whatever Toronto utilities were >interested. Anyone know what came of it? As a repairman at the time, we >were only told about it so we wouldn't accidentally disconnect the >telemetry device. I never heard any more about it. I'd like to know where they get the sensors. A couple of years ago, a friend of mine who owns property in Northern Calif asked me if we could come up with any way to sense the use of water, gas and AC power by his tenant. While the tenant was paying the bills, my friend was suspicious that the tenant was doing some nefarious things. The solution,a t that time, was to ask the local cop and the neighbors to keep an eye on the place. Later on, I heard that the guy had been busted for something. I'd still like to know where to get some sensors for AC current, water flow, and natural gas flow. US Snail: Mike Morris UUCP: Morris@Jade.JPL.NASA.gov P.O. Box 1130 Also: WA6ILQ Arcadia, Ca. 91006-1130 #Include disclaimer.standard | The opinions above probably do not even