In article , Dave Plowman (News)
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In article , Roland Perry
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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.

Given the population density round Tooting, it's some crap design that
doesn't work on the ground floor. Many older properties round here have
the meters in the cellar. Sound like they need to investigate fitting an
aerial to the unit.

Perhaps they are now cupboarded in with foil backed plaster board.