XPost: can.internet.highspeed   
   From: Still-Just-A-Rat-In-A-Cage@crazyhat.net   
      
   In message <4C1AF5B1.98995ED8@guy.com> Some Guy  was   
   claimed to have wrote:   
      
   >Any demark point would have to be in plain sight, for several reasons I   
   >can think of.  Like to make it harder to bypass or tamper with for one   
   >thing.   
      
   In Calgary I've never seen anywhere with underground wiring that places   
   the meters inside, although some older places with lines running   
   directly into the house well above ground had their meters indoors.   
      
   I lived in one place that had an indoor meter, although it was moved   
   outside a few months after I moved.  Although I was generally home I   
   rarely let the meter readers in simply because there was little   
   incentive, the estimates were good enough and I didn't like letting   
   strangers in my house more than necessary.   
      
   I have to think that sending meter readers out during daylight hours has   
   got to be one of the biggest wastes of manpower possible in areas with   
   indoor meters, between people that simply aren't home and people like   
   me, I doubt they got enough readings to make it worthwhile.   
      
   I'm a little curious how well the wireless ones will work from inside   
   houses, at least if they are exclusively RF based.  That being said, I   
   wouldn't be surprised if they use powerline networking to avoid the   
   whole issue.   
      
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