I work for a power company currently installing these smart meters and its pretty funny reading all these comments. I cannot speak on behalf of other companies but our meters are no more dangerous than your average Linksys wireless router. Our meters transmit every 4 hours and only for seconds. Hops go from meter to meter or router and eventually the collector. The meters have the ability to be read from our network so the meter readers are getting drunk and filling out applications. Also it's nice to have your power cut on or off in minutes instead of calling and waiting for someone to drive out to your place to turn power on. They will not kill your kill your uncle on life support, fry your dog or make spooky sounds on your baby monitor.
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Please don't vote and leave the US soon as possible.
heh well can't win them all. :0)
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I work for a power company currently installing these smart meters and its pretty funny reading all these comments. I cannot speak on behalf of other companies but our meters are no more dangerous than your average Linksys wireless router. Our meters transmit every 4 hours and only for seconds. Hops go from meter to meter or router and eventually the collector. The meters have the ability to be read from our network so the meter readers are getting drunk and filling out applications. Also it's nice to have your power cut on or off in minutes instead of calling and waiting for someone to drive out to your place to turn power on. They will not kill your kill your uncle on life support, fry your dog or make spooky sounds on your baby monitor.