On 27/12/2018 18:42, Rod Speed wrote:


"Richard" wrote in message
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On 27/12/2018 14:53, dennis@home wrote:
On 27/12/2018 12:53, Richard wrote:
On 27/12/2018 12:16, dennis@home wrote:
On 26/12/2018 13:38, Richard wrote:
On 26/12/2018 13:18, dennis@home wrote:
On 25/12/2018 01:31, Michael Chare wrote:

Smart meters clearly cost more to make and they have quite high
operating costs because of their use of mobile networks.

Do you want to produce figures that show the difference in cost
for smart meters and sending a meter reader around.


Those that have them should pay for the extra cost.


You want to pay more for having a meter reader come around then?

You want to put meter readers out of work then?

There will be plenty of work for them going around multiple times
to get one reading from those that won't have smart meters.
They just need to charge them for all the extra work and not pass
it onto people with smart meters.
..

But everyone is already paying for the smart meters.
You are harry AICMFP


Not if their running costs are less than the old ones.

Oh, they're so much cheaper for everyone:
https://www.ft.com/content/10a148ae-...e-41e0209208ec

paywalled

Try this:
https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rc...CyGjwPsttrCOyl


https://www.researchgate.net/publica..._Ownership.pdf

Short url:
https://preview.tinyurl.com/y84tdblb

Thats not talking about the reading cost, just the repair cost.

I know. But the overall cost of implementation needs to be taken into
account.