Two days in Chattanooga, Tenn. show how a municipal broadband network can pay dividends when community leaders focus on the applications a gigabit network can deliver and consider the long-term economic development potential. And yes, it can even generate enough revenue to become profitable. Read more »
The city of Chattanooga in Southeast Tennessee has just a couple hundred thousand people, but it’s got one of the most advanced (and interesting) smart grid projects underway. And now, its utility has installed the quintessential cool greentech product: a Bloom Energy fuel cell. Read more »
Utilities will have to make a major decision this year about what kind of networks to use for the smart grid, and many are looking to technologies like cellular, WiMAX, RF Mesh and broadband over power lines for their build-outs. But one of the more unique […] Read more »