New Telus antennas are being installed in Mission BC, called “eNodeB” (eNB) by Huawei On the antennas it states it is FIBER OPTICS. Is this for Telus Optik TV, Wireless from the street pole sent straight to your Optik TV Box? Some streets on the hill in Mission BC have FIVE of these Antennas. Let […]
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Fibre-Optic upgrade bringing faster connectivity to region by Penticton Herald Staff Feb 15, 2016 Telus is set to embark on a $27-million service upgrade in the Penticton area that will connect 90 per cent of homes and businesses to its fibre-optic network. It will allow upload speeds of up to 150 megabits per second […]
by Kevin Mills – Mission City Record posted Mar 12, 2016 at 7:00 AM Three more telecommunication towers could be constructed in Mission. WIND Mobile telecommunication network wants to launch in Mission, and has requested permission to construct a 41-metre tower at 32086 Lougheed Highway (behind the Mission Sikh Temple) and a 10.9-metre tower at 8294 Cedar Street. A third, 2.8-metre […]
Westsyde resident arrested again while resisting meter swap January 7, 2016 2:35 P.M. Two days before Christmas, James Dreyer was arrested outside his Westsyde home after he allegedly assaulted B.C. Hydro staff attempting to change his electrical meter. It wasn’t the first time Dreyer has had a brush with the law. A little over a year ago, the married […]
by Kevin Mills – Mission City Record Jan 22, 2016 at 8:00 AM Mission could soon be home to another telecommunication tower. An application has been filed by Cypress Land Service Incorporated, on behalf of Telus, to construct a new 60-metre tower at Red Mountain, located on Dewdney Trunk Road in the Steelhead area. […]
Replacing meters are ‘routine operations’, says BC Hydro, due to damage through house construction, demolition By B.C. Almanac, CBC News Posted: Jan 24, 2016 7:00 AM PT Last Updated: Jan 24, 2016 7:00 AM PT BC Hydro estimates that it will have to replace 40,000 of its smart meters by 2019 due to damage over time and will also pull an […]
JANUARY 28, 2015 KATHLEEN TRACY Itron has launched a new smart metering solution that features the OpenWay CENTRON 4G LTE meter, which provides broad territory coverage, low latency, and network longevity. The OpenWay smart grid solution enables utilities to deploy any combination of cellular and RF mesh communications, including 4G LTE, all under the same network management […]
Crown corporation executive says most of the 1.9 million devices will last 20 years, as originally promised BY BOB MACKIN, SPECIAL TO THE PROVINCE JANUARY 18, 2016 B.C. Hydro needs to remove more than 88,000 smart meters that are either faulty or may not meet Measurement Canada standards, public records show. On top of that, […]
MARK HUME VANCOUVER — The Globe and Mail Published Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016 8:50PM EST Last updated Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016 8:52PM EST BC Hydro provided the public with misleading financial information in order to justify spending more than $1-billion to install smart meters across the province, claims NDP energy critic Adrian Dix. In a detailed letter […]
