Protecting electricity distribution networks is becoming increasingly challenging and improved performance is continually being demanded. The growth in distributed generation, the opportunities offered by meshed networks and the service demands of consumers require smarter protection. This paper describes the findings of an investigation into extending the concepts of communications within the substation contained in IEC61850 beyond the substation in order to provide substation to substation communications. The paper in detail describes the fault passage protection and scheme and current differential protection scheme as the protecting distribution feeders and an associated internet communications scheme.