In the midst of an Internet and telecommunications revolution of sorts in Asia, it would be convenient if you happened to be sitting on an under-utilised fibre-optic network.
As it happens, Hong Kong's power companies are. However, unlike other utilities in Asia - and in fact the world - the local counters have made little effort to take advantage of the potential.
That may be changing.
Utilities have a lane on the information superhighway because most of them own some form of fibre-optic network, normally laid to communicate between electricity substations. And they can easily expand their capacity by wrapping the fibre around existing electricity wires.
In addition, they generally have access rights for entry to individual premises and buildings and rights-of-way to established transmission and distribution systems.
Kepco in Korea, Meralco in the Philippines, and Malaysia's Tenaga Nasional have either established telecommunications businesses or begun installing a fibre network.