Comment on Millions of smart meters will fail when 2G and 3G turns off

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• Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  This article is about UK energy meters.

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  • can@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It’s possible they’re grin the UK

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    • PeachMan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      INCONCEIVABLE!

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    • SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      NZ and many other places are doing energy meter replacements (or just modem replacements in the existing meters) due to 2G/3G switch off.

      I don’t think anyone does cellular water meters, though. Cellular needs a decent amount of power which is too much to expect from either a ten year battery or trying to use the metering hardware as a generator.

      Smart water and gas meters therefore generally use a short-range low power mesh radio system.

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      • lolcatnip@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Aren’t water systems typically installed alongside electrical systems though? Seems like powering the meter should be a non-issue in most circumstances.

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    • Aceticon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Surelly they would’ve used the word “wankers” or “cunts” when refering to the water company if they were???!

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    • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      True, but I was saying that because it’s about energy meters, not water meters.

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      • fatalError@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        There are many devices that use 2g for data, not just energy meters. ATMs, card payment terminals, alarms, gps trackers, all sorts of qpplications that don’t need a lot of data and can benefit from the better coverage/range of 2g.

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  • FiskFisk33@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    that doesn’t mean the problem is exclusive to them

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