Re: How can IoT stuff help me?
>>> Apart from the 'convenience' of remotely read gas/electricity/water meters (no need to be there to let a meter reader in once a year)
It's not about convenience for you. If the only reason was to make life easier for the householder, the utility companies wouldn't be suggesting smart meters for new builds, which usually have the meters in an external box, so can be read without requiring access to the inside of the property.
It's about:
a) reducing their costs, while not passing those savings onto the consumer
b) implementing demand- and time-based pricing, to further increase their profits and to help load-level the demand.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
