Thursday, February 18, 2016
From the Toronto Star
When the City of Stratford, Ont., installed smart hydro meters in all houses and businesses a few years ago, it had to agree on a way to let the meters report their hourly use to a central computer. Instead of using chips to phone in the stats over a cellular network, the city expanded its existing fibre-optic network, laying 80 km of cable that connected everything that uses power.
Today, Stratford is completely connected, and automotive researchers are taking notice.