Utility networks, such as for electricity, gas, water, and sewage, work the same way.
By nightfall, police were battling some 20, 000 protesters with tear gas and water cannons.
Some threw petrol bombs at the riot police, who responded with tear gas and water cannons.
Do you know how to turn off the utilities (gas, water and electricity) at the main switches?
The hydrogen home refuelling station works via an electrolyser which produces the gas from water and electricity.
This has enabled several thousands to gain access to phone lines, mobile and landline, electricity, gas and water.
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Police used tear gas and water cannon to disperse about 100 protesters who built barricades and lit fires.
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Turkish police routinely use tear gas and water cannons to break up demonstrations.
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Police on Thursday blocked a march into Nairobi in support of Odinga's party with tear gas and water cannons.
The police fired tear gas and water cannon into the crowd, and one man died of a heart attack.
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The company is currently trialling its ADM smart meter device for gas and water, both in the UK and internationally.
That may be because instead of Swiss police officers with tear gas and water cannon, protestors would find the Jordanian Army.
However, my outgoings are high I have to pay out for electricity, gas, water, my TV licence, my phone and food.
Riot police used tear gas and water cannon to break up demonstrations in Valparaiso where fishermen erected barricades of burning tires.
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How do you expect people to take care of business like paying bills such as lights, gas, water, trash and phone?
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The incident comes a day after riot police used tear gas and water cannon against rock-throwing crowds outside the president palace.
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Friday's clashes saw police using tear gas and water cannon against rock-throwing protesters after a week of violence in which dozens died.
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After rebuffing repeated charges, police brought in tear gas and water cannon and used them to push the demonstrators into side streets.
In the case of natural gas and water, this logic seems as persuasive today as it did when Mill first articulated it.
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Mr Hopkins has also suggested the introduction of an arrangement for charging electric, gas and water companies to work on stretches of road.
Beijing's planners say that the hutong neighbourhoods are too dilapidated to renew and too narrow to be modernised with gas, water and sewerage systems.
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Authorities responded with tear gas and water cannon, and Egyptian TV aired live footage of security forces beating a naked man on the ground.
Thousands of protesters took to the streets Saturday, even though the demonstrations were banned and police confronted them with clubs, tear gas and water cannons.
We have basic utilities, electricity, gas, water, fuel for our cars.
Residents who have been able to call out reported gas and water were unavailable for a radius well beyond the city of about 1 million.
More than 1, 000 protesters also gathered in Kizilay Square in Ankara on Sunday, with reports police had fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse them.
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Contractors are moving gas and water pipes, as well as phone and electricity cables in Leith, so they will not be damaged when the trams are operational.
Internet services have become so important, their argument goes, that local authorities ought to manage them like gas, water, or electric companies that is, as public utilities.
In the study released Wednesday, researchers suggest extracting the natural gas hydrates with "depressurization" -- a method that involves changing the ice into gas and water at the surface.
Other protesters tried to restrain the rioters but the violence spread and riot police moved in with tear gas and water cannon, making baton charges, as the rioters hurled stones and bottles.
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