A major utility next county over from me is going to it. The technogy is there utilities have been using their own system for quite some time now. When was the last time you saw a meter reader? https://www.kub.org/about/about-kub/kub-service-areas/century-ii/meter-modernization/broadband-services-public-forum I live in a rural county or area and even my meter is automatically read.
re: “When was the last time you saw a meter reader?”
The ENTIRE Oncor distribution network for meter reading in Texas is WIRELESS. I think you CONFLATE different technologies, especially what was to be consumer (access) BPL with power line PLC (power line communications) which is LOW DATA RATE meant for control and billing purposes only.
Also, DON’T conflate Goubau Line technology (single-wire transmission line) for so-called BPL.
re: “offering Broadband over the electrical grid. “
Oh look, you attempt to mislead! Or, you just plain, straight away DON’T understand the tech or what you read.
HERE is what the link you provide says:
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KUB’s Fiber and Broadband Plan
KUB was recently approved by its governing bodies and regulators to upgrade its electric grid by installing an extensive fiber system, which will provide more reliable electric services, better efficiency, and shorter downtimes in the event of power outages. The fiber system will also enable KUB to offer cheaper, ultra-fast internet to all households and businesses in its electric grid service area.
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SO, they are putting in FIBER, and NOT “Broadband over the electrical grid”.
As I said BPL is DEAD. Read about it here in the CONCLUDED (deactivated) BPL deployments:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_broadband_over_power_line_deployments