In article l.net,
"Dave Liquorice" writes:
On Tue, 23 May 2017 18:46:33 +0100, Alan J. Wylie wrote:

However since all this about how hackable the current ones are and
how
the comms has had to be redesigned etc, I really feel they should
lay
off installing them till they are sure they work on all systems,
cope
with mixed tariffs and are not hackable.

Sounds like it's not going to happen.

https://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/...-smart-meters/

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/con...-ones-noticed-
tories-quietly-killing-smart-meter-revolution/

Has the Smart Meter program ever been compulsary?

Yes it was originally back when the smart meter industry convinced
the government it would save so much electricity they could get away
without building so many power stations. Since then, every study
(ignoring those by the smart meter industry and some naive greens)
has shown no savings, particularly those based on real life experience
rather than just theory.

However, it ceased being compulsory a while back - that's not a new
change in the manifesto.

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