Archive for category wireless devices
<< Utilities in the USA are positioning themselves to use Smart Meters for a lot more than just gathering data for billing purposes: >> 01/17/2017 By: Tom Blewitt, UL The beginning of the smart utility era is upon us. With digital meter installation reaching nearly 70 percent of all meters installed in the United States, according […]
Toronto Smart Meter Fire
Jan 14
A GTA resident recently came home to find his hydro smart meter fully engulfed in flames. Kevin Zeller soon found out he was responsible for most of the hardware used by Hydro One and was slapped with a bill for $5,000. – FULL VIDEO
Talk and text underground: limited cellphone coverage now available on TTC subway A stretch of Line 1 is now equipped with cellphone coverage, but only for certain customers By Trevor Dunn, CBC News Posted: Jan 06, 2017 6:08 PM ET Last Updated: Jan 06, 2017 6:08 PM ET Courtney Modest, a regular TTC rider, is looking forward […]
Radio Off Tested / Broadcasting?, Meters Melting, Meter Fires, Truth about WIRED meters
The former WiGig 60GHz standard is finally here, but can it live up to the hype? EDWARD CHESTER – 12/15/2016, 9:22 AM There’s a new Wi-Fi standard in town, and it takes speed to another level. 802.11ad Wi-Fi is rated for data throughput up to 4,600Mbps, or four times faster than the current speed champ […]
Langford residents J Scott (from left) and Corinne Marley are joined by Central Saanich resident Norm Ryder and Colwood resident Sharon Noble to discuss a new petition Scott is circulating online relating to the installation of microcell transmitters on utility poles around the region. — Image Credit: Katherine Engqvist/News Gazette Staff by Katherine Engqvist – Goldstream News […]
Time-of-use pricing was supposed to shift hydro customers’ use away from peak periods By Mike Crawley, CBC News Posted: Nov 24, 2016 10:57 AM ET Last Updated: Nov 24, 2016 10:57 AM ET Demonstrators unhappy with the price of electricity protest outside the Ontario Legislature on Wednesday. (Mike Crawley/CBC) Smart meters — the $2-billion project to switch millions […]
OTTAWA, Oct. 11, 2016 /CNW Canada’s Health Minister Jane Philpott has contradicted the findings of a Parliamentary Health Committee report which recommends the government start warning Canadians that their wireless devices can cause cancer. In response to letters from parents whose children have developed symptoms from exposure to wireless devices Philpott wrote: “There is no scientific evidence of health effects,” […]
