Well I think that depends on the company. They obviously don't want to
employ readers and they don't trust the user to read them either. so in
effect you will not find anyone wishing to supply you unless you have one
after 2020.
Brian

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You can keep the old style mechanical meter wherever you live. Smart are
not compulsory.

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On 11/01/2017 13:24, Brian Gaff wrote:
Apparently if you are in some god forsaken outflung place which has
leccy
but not much else you can still keep the old meter until a solution is
found
to communicate to it.