So while we have the sophisticated tools to measure real-time usage, and communicate with customers in real time, we also had the capability to notify customers that events were likely.
Instead, for every customer who wants real-time usage information, a truck roll and on-site coordination with the incumbent utility is required, costing thousands of dollars per transaction.
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They will have access to real-time usage statistics and topic trending data so they can meet the needs of both the larger Forbes audience and those news enthusiasts following them.
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They should be thinking about how to position themselves at the center of the energy information network, supplying the pricing and real-time usage information to the customer and his or her machines.
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Because the platform cannot easily access real-time electricity usage information from the utilities, even where smart meters exist.
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For the first time, users can view all computers, tablets, phones and other connected devices on the home's network-as well as the applications they are using, and the real-time bandwidth usage of each application and device-on one easy-to-use StreamBoost interface.
With improved visibility to real time stock and promotion usage, you could even change the promotion to increase offers if you have excess stock in a location near to the customer.
With Nucleus, people can see their energy usage in real time through a PC or a smartphone application.
Operators would need to transmit more messages internally to bill for usage across each subscriber and device, and track the aggregate usage in real time.
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Several utilities are conducting pilot programs that use Home Area Networks (HAN), the household-facing layer of technology, to provide customers with real-time information on electricity usage and prices.
This could cut power demand by 10-15% during peak hours, estimates Ahmad Faruqui of the Brattle Group, a consultancy more than twice the reduction likely to be achieved by just giving customers real-time information about their usage.
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"These customers have zero ability to connect their usage to real-time pricing, " says Guthridge.
What they will find is a richer experience that offers granular insight into fitness, sleep and food patterns, a real-time updating social feed, a dynamic emoticon, usage insights and access to a searchable caloric index.
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Enterprises can deploy M2M technology now to reduce the cost of field service management through remote maintenance, they can optimize fleet scheduling with real-time location and traffic data and they can tap into new business models such as usage-based (or pay-as-you) go billing.
The system uses real-time and historical data to cut the distance pallets must travel and anticipate times of high usage.
Now, bandwidth usage is growing by an estimated 50% a year, especially due to online video and real-time applications, such as games and telephone calls, which require no-jitter connections.
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