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   From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   Paul S Person   wrote:   
   >On Sat, 25 Oct 2025 12:25:22 -0500, Jay Morris    
   >wrote:   
   >   
   >>On 10/25/2025 11:10 AM, Paul S Person wrote:   
   >>> Locally, Seattle City Power converted us some years back. Ours are not   
   >>> only smart, they are/connected/. Using WiFi, of course. That is how   
   >>> they plan to tell how much power we are using during each part of the   
   >>> day, after all.   
      
   How did we get onto smart meters?  Smart meters use the 900 MHz ISM band,   
   not 2.4 GHz, because they want the added range.  The ones in our area use   
   a fairly primitive interrogate-reply protocol at 1200bps.   
      
   This wasn't about smart meters inititally, it was about home thermostats,   
   and many of them DO use wifi to link to the furnace as well as to allow   
   people to control the temperature and schedule from their phones.   
      
   Two differnet ISM band applications, two different protocols, two different   
   ISM bands.   
   --scott   
      
      
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