How quaint
Here in Massachusetts, I think they switched the gas, water and electric meters to remote RF read systems, so the various "readers" just drive down the street remotely "reading" everyone's meters, oh, about 20 years ago. They all did so because it's not just more accurate, it's cheaper because one reader-person can read roughly ten times as many meters in a day.
Maybe Southern Electric should think about joining the 20th Century. (Joining the 21st might be asking too much.)
Biting the hand that feeds IT
