pongo Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 2 minutes ago, GD4ELI said: guess who has a 3G phone Old people? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Just now, pongo said: Old people? Poor people Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrie Stevens Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 37 minutes ago, GD4ELI said: You are a total know-all clown. SMART meters do not use Wi-Fi to send the readings, they use 3G/4G/5G. If you have a mobile signal (not Wi-Fi) then they work well. For some of us the term WiFi has become generic for that type of thing...As it happens the installer used the term WiFi when he explained the reason my gadget would not work at a distance from the meter cupboard...I neither know nor care what is called. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 1 minute ago, Barrie Stevens said: For some of us the term WiFi has become generic for that type of thing...As it happens the installer used the term WiFi when he explained the reason my gadget would not work at a distance from the meter cupboard...I neither know nor care what is called. Your gadget uses a Wi-Fi signal. The SMART meter phones home with 2G/3G/4G/5G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 2 hours ago, yootalkin2me said: Smsrt meters do soooooo much more than you think, there are a plethora of things they will be able to do in the near and far future....watch this space and don't be so negative. Make the tea? Iron my shirts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrie Stevens Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 1 minute ago, GD4ELI said: Your gadget uses a Wi-Fi signal. The SMART meter phones home with 2G/3G/4G/5G. OK! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 3 minutes ago, GD4ELI said: https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/smart-meters-to-be-introduced-in-4-year-programme/ Ta. So they're already busy pissing away the government write-off and effectively wacking customer charges back on their debt? Nothing is free. https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/cannan-says-mua-write-off-affordable/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 (edited) 2 minutes ago, GD4ELI said: Your gadget uses a Wi-Fi signal. The SMART meter phones home with 2G/3G/4G/5G. Does that mean connecting it to one's own router? Or do these things create an additional hotspot and therefore yet more wifi congestion? Presumably it is possible to switch off the wifi? Edited June 12, 2018 by pongo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 1 hour ago, ballaughbiker said: Can't understand what the negative issues are unless you aren't a good payer because they can cut you off remotely. They also know if you are up to anything dishonest. But it's costing us (yes, us) 18million. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Flint Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Can we not just use the £18m to pay down more of the debt, and revisit this when it is paid off? 6 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Buggane Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Who pays for the smart meter to phone home with 2G/3G/4G/5G. and no point in using less, price will rise to meet the loss, can not have less with the huge debt to service. Not to pay off just to service Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 2 minutes ago, Derek Flint said: Can we not just use the £18m to pay down more of the debt, and revisit this when it is paid off? That's way too fecking simple, Mr Derek. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stinking enigma Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 (edited) why do we supposedly need smart meters anyway? Edited June 12, 2018 by the stinking enigma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 My very elderly in-laws have neither a phone and thus no wifi..... so someone still has to call round to read the fecking meter. also, is it going to be a legal requirement to have one of these not-so-smart meters installed?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballaughbiker Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 (edited) 17 minutes ago, GD4ELI said: Quite a few places, even 3G will be phased out soon (guess who has a 3G phone). OK, to make it clearer wot I meant, where these days has no 2G as a minimum? They won't turn it or 3G off until 4G or better is up and running. Quote Does that mean connecting it to one's own router No I was told by the installer that they have a sim card . Edited June 12, 2018 by ballaughbiker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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