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

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

There is a discussion on Hacker News, but feel free to comment here as well.
It seems this is UK-based, but if I recall correctly, some cities in the US sold their meter rights to private companies. Is this the case for UK as well, and if so, the government isn't going to subsidize these upgrades costs, right? Right?