http://gigaom.com/2009/05/28/muni-wi-fi-firms-find-new-life-in-smart-grid/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:06:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://gigaom.com/2009/05/28/muni-wi-fi-firms-find-new-life-in-smart-grid/#comment-212135 Sun, 31 May 2009 23:33:33 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=51988#comment-212135 They are in some cases, but people just love owning stuff themselves — economics be damned.

]]> http://gigaom.com/2009/05/28/muni-wi-fi-firms-find-new-life-in-smart-grid/#comment-212134 Fri, 29 May 2009 14:07:42 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=51988#comment-212134 So why aren’t utilities outsourcing the smart grid infrastructure to other partners? Alll they need is a conduit to move info from the home to the utility’s monitoring system. They don’t need to own it themselves.

]]> http://gigaom.com/2009/05/28/muni-wi-fi-firms-find-new-life-in-smart-grid/#comment-212133 Fri, 29 May 2009 00:29:25 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=51988#comment-212133 [...] municipal wifi companies remake themselves as smart grid startups — As GigaOm covers. Tags: co:aol, co:Cisco, co:DST, co:Hulu, co:multiply, co:omniture, co:playdom, [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/2009/05/28/muni-wi-fi-firms-find-new-life-in-smart-grid/#comment-212132 Fri, 29 May 2009 00:12:42 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=51988#comment-212132 [...] Back when municipal Wi-Fi was all the rage, EarthLink still had its shirt and Kelly Clarkson was leading the charts. Companies like Tropos, Skypilot Networks and Strix were providing gear for high-profile city networks that promised to disrupt the … Read Full Post: Muni Wi-Fi Firms Find New Life In Smart Grid – Gigaom.com [...]

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