Posts by only1effin

Capita wins £135M extension on much-delayed UK smart meter rollout

Re: Retrofit 4G?

For those of us old enough to remember the U.K. switching to “Natural Gas” (from coal gas), the smart meter roll out should have been handled in the same way. Whole streets done on the same day. No opting in or out. Not quite the same safety imperative as having the wrong burners in your boiler/oven/fire I grant you, but it would be done long since by now.

Over here in Ireland smart meters are just getting installed as each meter is due for replacement.

Einstein not required

Except [an actor playing Albert] on the endless tv and radio ads still trying to encourage end users to request a smart meter. Seriously, just make it mandatory. Nationalise the roll out and get it done.

Satellite phone service could soon become the norm

It will be yet another mobile “service” which every user wants, but which most don’t or won’t want to pay for.