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Re: Broadband Over Power Lines
OK, playing along....
I think HECO would quickly realize it would be locking itself out of situations if it required the person being billed for the electricity to authorize the broadband. They'd find a way of sending you the bill for the connection without disrupting the bill for the electricity. There's nothing that has to be done to a house or small apartment. You just plug the modem into a wall outlet like any other appliance. They connect the bridge to their equipment out on the pole. No need to involve the landlord unless it's a big building where the transformer is part of and controlled by the building.
Not a deal breaker except in large buildings - and those can be problematic for DSL and cable anyway.
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I think HECO would quickly realize it would be locking itself out of situations if it required the person being billed for the electricity to authorize the broadband. They'd find a way of sending you the bill for the connection without disrupting the bill for the electricity. There's nothing that has to be done to a house or small apartment. You just plug the modem into a wall outlet like any other appliance. They connect the bridge to their equipment out on the pole. No need to involve the landlord unless it's a big building where the transformer is part of and controlled by the building.
Not a deal breaker except in large buildings - and those can be problematic for DSL and cable anyway.
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