But those don’t come with kickbacks!
Comment on Millions of smart meters will fail when 2G and 3G turns off
cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
They should have stuck with the mechanical meters. They are reliable and last nearly forever.
db2@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
prole@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Lol no
anon_8675309@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That is the problem. Also there is no MRR with those.
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Mechanical meters are terrible for tracking real time consumption and managing the grid efficiently. They also pay for themselves because they can catch tampering and don’t require utilities to pay people to bumble around homes to read stupid meters.
Mechanical meters make no sense. They’re a waste of money and not great for a grid that requires intelligence to help get off fossil fuels.
TurboDiesel@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Also, I’m very happy with our smart meter because I haven’t gotten a single wildly-inaccurate “estimated bill” since it was installed.
pHr34kY@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Oh, I have. The meter stopped transmitting and they just started making stuff up. They did it for months and refused to admit the meter was broken.