In message , at 17:01:45 on Wed, 1 Jul
2015, "Dave Plowman (News)" remarked:
Yep thats what one of them said when they came to replace a meter out in
a remote radio site "we use the mobile phone networks"..

Started off then said that the mobile phone network did Notwork so he
put the old one back in!..

Just what happened to a pal in Tooting. Terraced house built in the 30s so
loads and loads the same. All with their meter in a cupboard under the
stairs. No mobile signal. Looks like they need a Plan B.

Plan B, based on my research of USA-ian initiatives, is some sort of
lower-frequency transmission to special relay-stations. Which might be
affordable if there are several streets which they cover; not so much if
it's one farm in the middle of the Yorkshire moors.
--
Roland Perry