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Millions of smart meters will brick it when 2G and 3G turns off (www.theregister.com)
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Millions of smart meters will brick it when 2G and 3G turns off::Public Accounts Committee demands timetable for replacements, because things have run so smoothly so far...

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[โ€“] Kecessa 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

For those like me who don't know

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain_old_telephone_service

Also it's pretty ridiculous to have fire alarm systems be dependent on electricity and Internet...

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It's difficult to eliminate the use of electricity, although generally you'd have them on a battery backup.

Internet is required to contact the fire department or other emergency center (these panels tend to do more than just fire). Used to be just phone lines using a touch tone code, but phone lines are going away. They're pushing hard for cloud solutions now for security panels - I imagine fire will go that way soon enough.