Posts by macspite 4 publicly visible posts • joined 20 Apr 2015
Set up a fighting fund for countering idiotic trsademark protection? Just do it
Ask for donations, however small. Every little helps
This is only a suggestion, feel free to Nave it your way
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As for me, trademarking? I'm lovin' it - making America great again
I worked for a major energy supplier until recently as a SMART meter installer. The setup we had involved an electric meter that also powered the comms hub (by wire) which used a zigbee network to take data (wirelessly) from the leccy meter and the gas. The gas meter's signal was powered by a battery in the meter that also powered the display and was stated to last for ten years.
Downside of the setup was that if a change of supplier was made by the consumer the SMART system had to be removed and replaced with the new suppliers kit. That apparently is set to change so that change of supplier to the one offering the most agreeable tarriff should be as easy as changing phone suppliers with an unlocked phone but certainly until April 2016 when I left change of supplier involved a complete change of meters ...
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