Comment on Warning RTS electricity meters in 300,000 homes could stop working
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 1 week agoIt would cost millions to design and build it and, as it would be the only one in the world ever built, it would again rely on bespoke components, for a service the BBC has been wanting to close for nearly 20 years anyway.
tenebrisnox@feddit.uk 6 days ago
Surely cheaper than enforcing mass installations. (Although it’s customers doubtlessly picking up this cost.)
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 6 days ago
The installations have to happen. Why spend hundreds of millions of licence fee payer’s money the BBC doesn’t have on a temporary kicking of the can?
tenebrisnox@feddit.uk 5 days ago
And why can’t the power companies pay for this out of their eye-watering profits? I don’t understand why you think the BBC needs to be involved any more. (People I know have only had issues with smart meter installations that have caused just unnecessary stress. I’m pretty much waiting until I hear that they actually work better than half the time and that there are mechanisms to verify readings before I sign up.)
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 5 days ago
So still costing hundreds of millions, and not broadcasting audio, just the trigger signal? Sounds like an even more colossal waste of resources.
The vast majority of people have switched to smart meters without issue. For those where there are technical barriers, some sort of fallback should be provided. But the stubborn and bloody-minded should be left to it.