Re: Madness
The radio model for mobile smart metering delivery was done more than 7 years ago. The results were very clear - it cannot work unless it is coupled with moving the meters outside.
The "industry" (the retail utility parasites) and government reaction to that was to decouple the "communications" company so that it can be given to an outsourcer which will say it will work instead of figuring out how to make it work.