From: Hatunen on 3 Aug 2006 12:06 On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 17:34:21 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Keith W writes: > >> If you have cable TV you use that fibre optic connection >> INSTEAD of the local loop from the traditional telecoms >> provider. > >Not in most areas. Well, certanly in more and more areas here in the USA. We switched our telephone servicce from Baby Bell Quest to our cable provider, Cox. ************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen(a)cox.net) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
From: Hatunen on 3 Aug 2006 12:09 On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 17:36:12 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Keith W writes: > >> Its called an electricity meter, I believe they have them in the >> US and France too > >How does the provider ensure that only its own power passes into a >customer's premises? > >> There's a meter outside the house which is read every 3 months. >> If you change providers the meter reading is taken when the change over >> occurs. > >How does the new provider ensure that only the power it is generating >reaches your home? Electrical power providers needn't supply energy from their own generating plants; they can purchase it from other plants or wholesalers, or where convenient make a swap with the your old provider. Electricity is electricity. ************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen(a)cox.net) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
From: Hatunen on 3 Aug 2006 12:09 On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 17:38:15 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Miguel Cruz writes: > >> If you switch suppliers from A to B, there is no "change in wiring". >> Supplier B simply pumps a little more electricity into the grid, and >> supplier A a little less. > >If you have supplier A, what prevents you from using electricity from >supplier B? Nothing, as long as thre's a way for rhem to install their own meter. ************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen(a)cox.net) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
From: Keith W on 3 Aug 2006 12:19 "Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:8j54d2hnnd6q7fbrqvgssp084p16dlcgbm(a)4ax.com... > Keith W writes: > >> Its also bad English > > It is neither good nor bad English. It all depends on what the > speaker or writer has in mind. > Sigh This comes from somebody who teaches English. I am depressed. Keith
From: Keith W on 3 Aug 2006 12:21
"Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:er54d21nrbb23nj59d700j3b0k4j7m58kf(a)4ax.com... > Keith W writes: > >> If you have cable TV you use that fibre optic connection >> INSTEAD of the local loop from the traditional telecoms >> provider. > > Not in most areas. > In the UK it is. The actual connection into the mouse may be either copper or fibre but either way its an alternate connection to the telecoms provider's local loop. Keith |