Utilities all need to coordinate their distributed assets with real-time information requirements (such as repair engineers) over large regions. The strategic nature of utilities, particularly in the recent Homeland Security awareness climate, means communications security is also an issue. Utility companies need to be able to rapidly replace assets that fail and/or are temporarily under repair. This is particularly important for communications companies – where OverHorizon’s on-demand capabilities can provide a cost effective high capacity temporary infrastructure replacement for remote data services, including the ability to immediately provision T1/E1 links