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ELS122:
When someone connects to the power grid infrastructure, is there an accompanying access to some type of network cables for communication or something like that?

wraper:
Those are separate things and should not be automatically expected to come together.

Stray Electron:
  I would help if we knew what country you're in.  But in the US, the answer is no.  Some cable TV lines are run on the same poles as the power lines but the lines are owned by two different companies and you have to buy your services separately.  (To add: you can get network service from many of the cable TV companies in the US.)  On the other hand, many of the network companies are now offering service via a fiber optic cable and in my area, they run their own FO cable and it's buried. 

IanB:

--- Quote from: ELS122 on April 16, 2024, 11:50:13 pm ---When someone connects to the power grid infrastructure, is there an accompanying access to some type of network cables for communication or something like that?

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This question is ambiguous. The "power grid infrastructure" and the "domestic electricity supply" are different things.

If someone (like a factory or a large industrial plant) connects to the power grid it is quite likely they will have smart metering and a communications link with the network operator that includes things like recording of power factor, and perhaps the ability to do remote load shedding if power demand is high.

ELS122:

--- Quote from: IanB on April 17, 2024, 12:35:41 am ---
--- Quote from: ELS122 on April 16, 2024, 11:50:13 pm ---When someone connects to the power grid infrastructure, is there an accompanying access to some type of network cables for communication or something like that?

--- End quote ---

This question is ambiguous. The "power grid infrastructure" and the "domestic electricity supply" are different things.

If someone (like a factory or a large industrial plant) connects to the power grid it is quite likely they will have smart metering and a communications link with the network operator that includes things like recording of power factor, and perhaps the ability to do remote load shedding if power demand is high.

--- End quote ---

Yeah I should've calrified, I mean in the US and the power grid infrastructure, not local housing electric supplies. I'm trying to find whatever possible attack vectors someone could have if they were connected to the main power grid. Because of all the suspicious windmill connections in areas you wouldn't expect anyone to build windmills in... Gives you the question if they have some kind of attack vector by doing that.

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