Can you tell me more about the fiberless laser optics and if anyone is using electrical lines for delivery?
A. I don’t know of any instances where ‘electrical lines’ are being utilized for delivery of telecommunication services. Much of the recent clamor has been over electrical and other utility companies, municipalities, and our own state wide NPPD group’s quest to utilize their own infrastructure(s) to deliver telco services. These telco services wouldn’t be delivered literally over the electrical lines, but in most instances on accompanying fiber optic or copper lines that have been built parallel to the electric power lines. In the past, the utility companies met their needs for communicating with scattered offices, substations and some customer locations via unregulated microwave radio signals. Recent legislation has assigned these bandwidths to commercial uses, eliminating their use for utility companies. In response, the power companies strung fiber optic cables throughout their core delivery areas, usually placing these black cable lines at the top of the power poles, serving double
