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   DevilsPGD  wrote in   
   news:6c2m161uringo6vrk94c6e5ci13vj3gsn8@4ax.com:   
      
   > 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.   
      
      
   If you're not home, they leave a card in your mailbox for you to fill in   
   your readings and mail back to them.   
      
   >   
   > 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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