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To: Boplicity who wrote (1423)	3/15/2000 11:08:00 AM
From: Matrix_Man	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3076

Transmission over power lines is nothing new. The X10 home control stuff has been doing that for pretty near 20 years.

To: Boplicity who wrote (1423)	3/15/2000 11:10:00 AM
From: IngotWeTrust	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3076

The display I assume is IN the Dwelling, and the meter (owned by the power company) is ATTACHED TO the dwelling's exterior, connected via a transceiver, whose initial outlay cost, plus ongoing upgrading/maintenance/replacement costs must be borne by the homeowner. Phone connection between the display and external meter is doable, ditto radio signal controlled. It could be simply an IO switch between the two, stopping power as it were "at the pole" which would be "noticed" by the power company billing department. Said transceiver sounds more like a box to me than a kilowatt transmission line capable of receiving and sending data "alongside" power FROM the power generation source into the externalized dwelling meter. We on the same page yet?