Possible 4G mast or WISP? Curious.

So, I was on holiday at the coast recently, Upon walking down a road toward the Beach, I see this Mast like Pole, small at the bottom, thickening at the top. There seems to be a lot of cabinets surrounding it All looking slightly like the Openreach PCP's.

Here are some photos, What could it be? a Mast? Wireless Internet Provider?

It is fume vent for Trisha's Chippy!

It could also be a smart meter antenna.

Hi guys, so I actually did a little more digging. It's actually whats known as a "Monopole" sometimes know as a "Singe or Double stacked Jupiter" Its use is for non obstruction to urban areas and to Serve telecommunication devices with Coverage. Apparently known mostly to serve Vodafone,O2 and 3.

Mobile mast 100%

In reply to a post by IamFibremad:

What could it be? a Mast? Wireless Internet Provider?

Monopole mobile mast for cellular communications.

Either Vodafone / O2 :
https://pedroc.co.uk/content/vodafone-o2-monopoles

or EE / Three:
https://pedroc.co.uk/content/ee-three-monopoles

3rded - 100% mast. They have them all over.

Smart meters during commissioning connect to the strongest 2G mobile network. A new network will be built, eventually.

Edited by ukhardy07 (Thu 12-Sep-19 19:58:49)

In reply to a post by ukhardy07:

Smart meters during commissioning connect to the strongest 2G mobile network. A new network will be built, eventually.

First generation SMETS 1 used mobile network. I thought the installer came with a set of SIMs and tried them all to get the best signal.

Wasn't one of the design goals of Second generation SMETS 2 meters, the use of the DCC network?

According to https://www.smartdcc.co.uk/ over 2million SMETS 2 meters are on the network now, which would mean no need for cellular.

Edited by jchamier (Thu 12-Sep-19 20:12:49)

In reply to a post by jchamier:

According to https://www.smartdcc.co.uk/ over 2million SMETS 2 meters are on the network now, which would mean no need for cellular.

Apparently not, at least in central & southern areas cellular will still be used:

In reference to www.smartdcc.co.uk/products-services/design-and-assurance/communica...:

In central and southern regions, cellular and wireless mesh technology (provided by Telefonica) will be used to connect to the SM WAN, while in northern regions, Communications Hubs will use long-range radio (provided by Arqiva) for wide area communications.

Somewhat off topic, but ...

Really, what IS the point of smart meters ?

Who has honestly managed any significant usage, or cost savings, by their use ? The only people who benefit from a smart meter is the power companies.