Millions of smart meters will brick it when 2G and 3G turns off

Source: The Register

Article note: They're rolling out smart meters slightly faster than the comms protocol they chose is sunsetting. That could only be more Internet-of-Shit if they did something goofy - like turned off utility service, or started trying to connect to open WiFi which can then control them - when the connection went down.

Public Accounts Committee demands timetable for replacements, because things have run so smoothly so far...

A gaggle of MPs are calling for government to put together a timetable for the replacement of millions upon millions of smart meters that will be defunct when 2G and 3G mobile networks are switched off.…

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