Over the past few decades, remote monitoring technology has made major technical strides and continued to enable gas distribution to become more efficient. Fortunately for gas distributors and customers, expensive, bulky, wired, telemetry systems are no longer required.
Confusing and time-consuming configuration during on-site set-up is also a relic of the past. The smartphone revolution gave us wireless communication hardware at negligible cost and new wireless protocols that are more reliable while using 99% less power than predecessors.
These advancements, coupled with cloud connectivity and mobile apps, have completely changed the economics and feasibility of remote monitoring at scale. While telemetry has historically been completely focused on bulk installations, liquid cylinders, high pressure cylinders and other consumables like welding wire are now opportunities to lower distribution costs and generate more revenue with the same asset base.
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