On Thu, 02 Jul 2015 16:51:44 +0100, Bill Stewart wrote:

I doubt if any electricity company is fitting meters which will not
provide basic meter reading capability which would be accepted by all
other suppliers.

Do you have any evidence that this is the case?

So why do the comparison sites ask if you have a smart meter and have
help boxes saying that some supliers can't use the some smart meters
from some other suppliers.

If it didn't matter ther would be no need to ask.

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Cheers
Dave.