Panorama - The Smart Meter mess

[noseall]

They can hike the cost, whether or not you have SM's

Correct. It's just a meter for goodness sake.

 

[aveatry]

Why? They monitor it anyway, even if you have a dumb meter - they just have much courser data on your consumption. Who cares whether they know exactly when you cook your dinner, and do your wash and dry - not me

Would you be happy with 24 hour monitoring of where you go in your car. And its not just about knowing when you cook your dinner its what time you get up, when you go to work and return, how many people are in your house the sex of the people in your house, what you watch on tv, when you go to bed, when you get up, when you go on holiday, when you get back.

 

[noseall]

Hi H,
Personally, I don't like the constant monitoring of what I do, including power usage.
C.

Don't use any power then.

 

[noseall]

Would you be happy with 24 hour monitoring of where you go in your car. And its not just about knowing when you cook your dinner its what time you get up, when you go to work and return, how many people are in your house the sex of the people in your house, what you watch on tv, when you go to bed, when you get up, when you go on holiday, when you get back.

WTF are you waffling about now? Are you suggesting a SM can spy on people?

 

[motorbiking]

Correct. It's just a meter for goodness sake.

that can be remotely switched off or converted to a pre-pay... for goodness sake.

Do you know what "you are no more likely to be disconnected with either meter" means?

Do you know what happens when your meter is remotely converted to pre-pay and you don't pre-pay.

Its called "self disconnecting".

 

[motorbiking]

Don't use any power then.

such wisdom.

 

[denso13]

And nothing like the disvconnection guidlines

So what. Some make it sound like you can be disconnected or switched on a whim. That just isn't true.

 

[noseall]

Of course you are

No, you are not.

 

[denso13]

Do you know what happens when your meter is remotely converted to pre-pay and you don't pre-pay.

Do you know what happens when you take anything from someone, on a promise to pay, but don't?

 

[noseall]

. Some make it sound like you can be disconnected or switched on a whim. That just isn't true.

Only the morons.

 

[gas112]

So what. Some make it sound like you can be disconnected or switched on a whim. That just isn't true.

In a second not a whim and no court visit required no bailiffs or lock smith or fitter required no weeks of back and forth visits . So yep they say no and it's the press of a button

 

[noseall]

Do you know what happens when your meter is remotely converted to pre-pay and you don't pre-pay.


https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/prepayment...lierswon'tdisconnect,supplierifyouareworried.

Do you know what happens long before that occurs?

No, thought not.

 

[aveatry]

No, you are not.

From the link to the SM propaganda -- do they think are people stupid look what it says. They say no but then confirm yes on the same sentence who wrote that crap.

Can a smart meter cut off power?
A smart meter cannot cut off power by itself. In some rare instances, energy suppliers can switch off energy supply.

 

[denso13]

So yep they say no and it's the press of a button

Nonsense.

 

[Nwgs2]

I love smart meters, when the credit from pre payment doesn’t go through to the meter, it’s an easy call out for the lazy sods who can’t be arsed to type it into their meter keyboard.

And I’ve seen a fair few go faulty. Unlike the old type.