Smart Meter Not Updating

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diystarter7

I get it the op was asking re problems but what I am saying is you dont get that will the old style meters.

Why do you keep telling us that a old style meter never fails with a feature that it does not have at all.

It's a bit like I saying you only have Freeview, and it is better because you never lose the paid for Sky channels should they have an outage.

If you don't have something you are not better off just because you cannot lose it. 

diystarter7

Qyburn said:

diystarter7 said:

I get it the op was asking re problems but what I am saying is you dont get that will the old style meters.

Thanks for your comments. Based on other responses I expect it to sort itself out. In the vanishingly unlikely event that it doesn't, that just leaves me exactly in the same position as you.  No better off, or no worse off.  Aside from the risk that the Smart Meter will focus 5G onto my Covid vaccine, and make me magnetic or something. I'm not worried about that, we don't get 5G here.

Thank you.

Not sure what you are saying re covid and 5G

Anyway, good luck, 

Thanks

EssexHebridean

diystarter7 said:

Qyburn said:

diystarter7 said:

I get it the op was asking re problems but what I am saying is you dont get that will the old style meters.

Thanks for your comments. Based on other responses I expect it to sort itself out. In the vanishingly unlikely event that it doesn't, that just leaves me exactly in the same position as you.  No better off, or no worse off.  Aside from the risk that the Smart Meter will focus 5G onto my Covid vaccine, and make me magnetic or something. I'm not worried about that, we don't get 5G here.

Thank you.

Not sure what you are saying re covid and 5G

Anyway, good luck, 

Thanks

It’s alright diy - the rest of us very much appreciated the joke!


You keep using the phrase 

diystarter7 said:

<snip> Gen 1 smart meters not so smart

<snip>

but you seem to be failing to spot the several times it has been explained to you that in fact the majority of SMETS1 meters are back on board with smart capability again, and most of the remainder should be enrolled very soon. I appreciate this doesn’t fit with your narrative, but perhaps you could take the information onboard this time to avoid perpetuating the myth still further? 

[Deleted User]

SMETS1 meters were smart when they were installed because they had a direct mobile connection with the supplier. If a consumer switched to a supplier that used the same meters/network, SMETS1 meters remained smart. 

Technology moved on to SMETS2 with its own dedicated network. Meters and suppliers connect to the network to retrieve smart meter data. SMETS1 meters have now been migrated in their millions to the new network. I see also that SmartEnergyGB has an ongoing consultation to end the migration phase. SMETS1 meters that cannot be upgraded OTA will be replaced with SMETS2. 

Posters repeating the same mis-information about smart meters time and time again doesn’t make them right. I am the first to admit that the smart meter rollout programme has taken far too long due to its inherent complexity and poor Government management. We should have gone for a much simpler smart metering system and rolled out smart meters without the need for consumer approval. Yes, there are still too many smart meter teething problems but, despite these frustrations, the meters still work as meters.

I note that the BBC is moving exclusively to HD in my region today and stopping all SD broadcasts. Should I have been asked for my approval: no, it is a pragmatic business decision. The same can be said for smart meters.

Qyburn

Dolor said:

I note that the BBC is moving exclusively to HD in my region today and stopping all SD broadcasts. 

That's just on satellite isn't it, with SD continuing on terrestrial, or did I miss something.

Octopus data now shows Saturday but not yet Sunday so it looks like just a delay/glitch and nothing to be concerned about.

Qyburn

All settled down as you all (except one) predicted. There's some slight flakiness with Bright, but nothing to complain about given it's free. For example for one day if had a complete set of 1/2 hour readings, but missing some one hour readings, and day total not matching Octopus. That doesn't matter as I'm not going to rely on Bright for my historical data, I'll download that from Octopus and keep manual reading at intervals as well.

[Deleted User]

Qyburn said:

Dolor said:

I note that the BBC is moving exclusively to HD in my region today and stopping all SD broadcasts. 

That's just on satellite isn't it, with SD continuing on terrestrial, or did I miss something.

Octopus data now shows Saturday but not yet Sunday so it looks like just a delay/glitch and nothing to be concerned about.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/reception/work-warning/news/hd-2023

deano2099

diystarter7 said:

Hi
Thanks
But what I and many others are looking at and want is none of that, ie just pay our bills, we read the meters and every so often the suppliers send a bloke around - works for millions. Straight forward and clear.

I appreciate your post. but its not for many

The sat nav in one of our kids sports Mercedes they bought new, traffic is not supported any longer by Mercedes so things change. Look at Gen 1 smart meters not so smart

I get it the op was asking re problems but what I am saying is you dont get that will the old style meters.

Yeah, and I don't have a sat nav in my car and just rely on navigating manually so my sat nav never breaks either. What would be the point of a sat nav?

Meanwhile there's about one post a day on here from people having huge bills dumped on them, and it turns out that's because they weren't taking regular meter readings and have been unknowingly paying "estimated" bills for 12 months plus. You don't get that with fancy smart meters.

Qyburn

Dolor said:

Qyburn said:

Dolor said:

I note that the BBC is moving exclusively to HD in my region today and stopping all SD broadcasts. 

That's just on satellite isn't it, with SD continuing on terrestrial, or did I miss something.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/reception/work-warning/news/hd-2023

That seems to also say only satellite is losing SD channels. That makes sense as I think the whole of the UK receives from the same satellite so that needs to have space for all regional channels at once. Whereas a terrestrial transmitter only needs one BBC 1 channel, showing the local region.

[Deleted User]

Qyburn said:

Dolor said:

Qyburn said:

Dolor said:

I note that the BBC is moving exclusively to HD in my region today and stopping all SD broadcasts. 

That's just on satellite isn't it, with SD continuing on terrestrial, or did I miss something.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/reception/work-warning/news/hd-2023

That seems to also say only satellite is losing SD channels. That makes sense as I think the whole of the UK receives from the same satellite so that needs to have space for all regional channels at once. Whereas a terrestrial transmitter only needs one BBC 1 channel, showing the local region.

Freeview is I believe digital terrestrial. 

‘The BBC aims for the rollout of BBC One HD in England for Freeview, Sky, YouView and Freesat viewers to be complete by April 2023. And for satellite viewers on Sky and Freesat, the BBC will be completing the HD upgrade to the rest of its channels - adding HD versions of BBC Two Northern Ireland, BBC ALBA and BBC Parliament. The BBC already broadcasts BBC One in HD in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on the digital terrestrial (Freeview, YouView) and digital satellite platforms (Sky, Freesat).’