We've been able to work things out with the local power company and don't notice an issue. The radios that point back to the mothership chirp very quietly unless they are receiving a software/firmware upgrade. We worked it out that they only perform updates to their system during maintenance windows. When they do perform updates, it literally brings our network to it's knees. They also have agreed to bar channel groups that our equipment is on.
We've managed to coexist quite nicely. The smart meters are Landis+Gyr. On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 2:12 PM, Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote: > After several years of operation, the 900 MHz meters just do not work out > in our rural area. Even though the transmitter is 30dBm, the little tiny > stub-omni in the meter doesn't have very good range. With trees, terrain, > and distances they have to deal with out here, they are still driving out > to read the smart meters. > > It was a plan of sorts, and I guess it works OK in town. But for the rural > meter reading problem they were trying to solve, it is not working. > > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > > On 3/25/2016 11:58 AM, Adam Moffett wrote: > > I talked to the power company guy about a polling system where the meter > reader just has to drive down the road and it polls the meters....I said > I'd rather you do that because it's much better for me and other operators > in 900mhz. He said, politely, that that isn't part of their product > selection process. It will come down to how well it works (for them) and > what it costs. > > To their credit, they seem very willing to cooperate on 3.65ghz > frequencies. > > > On 3/25/2016 2:11 PM, Lewis Bergman wrote: > > As a result of AEP's selection of the Gamber-leicht, or something like > that, we ditched 10 AP's and abandoned 900 because it was hammering > everything. In some areas it was hotter than -40db. Nothing would work. > > On Fri, Mar 25, 2016, 1:08 PM John Woodfield <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Only effects those customers we had with less than -65 signal. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> John Woodfield, President >> >> Delmarva WiFi Inc. >> >> 410-870-WiFi >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: "Adam Moffett" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, March 25, 2016 1:59pm >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [AFMUG] Smart Meters >> >> I found out our power company is going to be rolling out smart meters in >> a big way in about 8 months. >> >> They are using Wimax as the backhaul to their collectors, then *probably >> *900mhz from the collector to the meters. They guy I talked to said >> they're still in product selection, but in other areas they went with the >> 900mhz mesh. >> >> How many of you were clobbered by these systems, and how many of you >> didn't notice the difference? >> >> >> > >
