Ma Bell and the Electric Grid.

We need a new electrical grid: http://www.repoweramerica.org/elements/national-unified-smart-grid/ How about augmenting that effort using the existing right of way already in place for the fading AT&T long distance phone network, which is becoming obsolete? For those under the age of thirty, AT&T (American Telephone & Telegraph) had the national monopoly for telephone service until about 1981. Long distance service refers to phone calls placed between states. This concept is now obsolete and the old public switched telephone network is being replaced by voice over IP (Internet Protocol).