Smart Meter Arqiva Mast Locations

Qyburn

From a letter to Aberdeenshire Council in 2013. Lots and lots of locations, far more than just the television masts. However this was prior notification to planning, it's not clear whether these are all just potential location, or whether they were all planned to be used. Including proposed new builds surely implies the latter.

oldshipbuilderut

I live in the north east of England and have been trying to get my smart meter working for 3 years with out any success The coastal belt of Tyneside is noted for bad reception for meter communication.   I am on first name terms with the  engineer who’s calling once again on Monday to try and connect my dumb meter, but as he lives close by and cannot get his own meter to talk to Arqiva’s mast I am not hopeful.

I do not believe Arqivas connection figures

Qyburn

oldshipbuilderut said:

I live in the north east of England and have been trying to get my smart meter working for 3 years with out any success The coastal belt of Tyneside is noted for bad reception for meter communication.   I am on first name terms with the  engineer who’s calling once again on Monday to try and connect my dumb meter, but as he lives close by and cannot get his own meter to talk to Arqiva’s mast I am not hopeful.

I do not believe Arqivas connection figures

If you can receive Vodafone, speak to your supplier to get a 4G comms hub fitted. 

Last site visit with us the engineer was so sure we wouldn't get LRR signal, he actually had a cellular CH unpacked and ready to fit. Then the LRR came to life and it's actually been OK since Octopus sorted out a certificate issue.

Reed_Richards

oldshipbuilderut said:

I live in the north east of England and have been trying to get my smart meter working for 3 years with out any success 

I am further north than you.  On his last visit to me (in October) the engineer brought a comm hubs that use the mobile phone network rather than LRR.  These seem to have only recently become available.    

oldshipbuilderut

On Friday the Meter Man called yet again, to one look at my Arqiva meter and said that will never work in a 100 years!!! He went to his and produced a new shiny 4g comms hub installed along with a new gas meter and!,!!!,!!!,

Hip hip hooray after 31/2 years it worked

Heedtheadvice

Yep as I writ on another thread...

Just had. a meter fitted and the comms hub is 4G. Working fine from square one.

Edit[ should have added in Scotland!]