Plugged In for Progress

摘要

Through the installation of a fiber-to-the-home network, Pulaski Electric System provides Smart Grid capabilities as well as high-speed Internet, digital TV and digital phone services to its customers. "YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO FAR TO GET MUCH" IS A PHRASE HEARD around Giles County, Tennessee. Since 2007, this has taken on a broad new meaning with the launch of a fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network, which gives customers of the Pulaski Electric System (PES; Pulaski, Tennessee, U.S.) blazingly fast Internet access, high-definition video entertainment and high-quality digital phone service. PES is the municipal utility that owns and operates the FTTH network, is driving additional value from its fiber-optic network by using it as the communications backbone for a full range of Smart Grid applications.