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<blockquote data-quote="2cvbloke" data-source="post: 1004802" data-attributes="member: 199791">Smart meters are a bit of a con really, since they implemented them, the price from suppliers has gone up to compensate for the cost of supplying them, and they act like twin-rate meters so during peak times so you pay a lot more for your daytime usage than you would with a normal single-rate meter, and the biggest part of the con, they can remotely turn you off when there's not enough generation capacity to keep up with demand, so that those who are, shall we say, &quot;more equal than you&quot;, get the benefit of being powered while we're left in the dark, because building power stations to replace ones they've decommissioned and dismantled is not a priority...The other thing is, being one of the many so-called &quot;Internet of things&quot; gadgets, it's susceptible to hacking, if the hackers got hold of the remote switch-off commands, then they could probably have a utilities version of ransomware on the go, making you pay up in bitcoins or else they interfere with the meter to make your bill massive...Not that I'm cynical or anything, I just prefer a simple meter that reads what is used, rather than something that tells me I need to stop using it because it's remote operator says so...<img src="http://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes&nbsp; &nbsp; :rolleyes:" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="2cvbloke, post: 1004802, member: 199791"] Smart meters are a bit of a con really, since they implemented them, the price from suppliers has gone up to compensate for the cost of supplying them, and they act like twin-rate meters so during peak times so you pay a lot more for your daytime usage than you would with a normal single-rate meter, and the biggest part of the con, they can remotely turn you off when there's not enough generation capacity to keep up with demand, so that those who are, shall we say, "more equal than you", get the benefit of being powered while we're left in the dark, because building power stations to replace ones they've decommissioned and dismantled is not a priority... The other thing is, being one of the many so-called "Internet of things" gadgets, it's susceptible to hacking, if the hackers got hold of the remote switch-off commands, then they could probably have a utilities version of ransomware on the go, making you pay up in bitcoins or else they interfere with the meter to make your bill massive... Not that I'm cynical or anything, I just prefer a simple meter that reads what is used, rather than something that tells me I need to stop using it because it's remote operator says so...:rolleyes: [/QUOTE]

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