Why the entirely more sensible and cheaper approach (apparently used on the continent) of using the dam mains cable for which a connection measured in bits per second would be more than adequate god only knows.

My current house will never have a smart meter as due to some ferrous material in the bricks there is no mobile single inside (femtocell to the rescue though WiFi calling is probably adequate these days) and they can f right off if they think they are drilling a hole through the wall to mount an external antenna.

My mothers house due to an extension has the meter under the stairs in the middle of the house. Smart meter fitter came and left without doing any work ...

In reply to a post by PhilipD:

they still visit to confirm nothings been tampered with

Don't they only have too do that check once every two or four years?

In reply to a post by dect:

In reply to a post by PhilipD:

they still visit to confirm nothings been tampered with

Don't they only have too do that check once every two or four years?

No idea what the rules are, I only know we've had the same number of visits pre and post smart meter which I found surprising. Maybe they are in the area reading non-smart meters and just for completeness do them all. I can't imagine once most people have them they will keep calling to read/check it, but who knows.

In reply to a post by jabuzzard:

Why the entirely more sensible and cheaper approach (apparently used on the continent) of using the dam mains cable for which a connection measured in bits per second would be more than adequate god only knows.

Yes, power-line communication would have made far more sense.