[dopidop]

We have the same where I grew up. Electricity is a national monopoly. Water was one under a national mandate of small provider until the early 2000.

[Layke1123]

Curious to hear more about this if you don't mind sharing.

[dopidop]

I was thinking of France, where the national Electricity provider is rolling out « linky », a 900Mhz capable meter. My understanding is that the 900Mhz range is already in production for french meter since a while as well.

[RcrdBrt]

A major utilities provider (A2A) of the Milan, Italy area uses LoRa-enabled (~865MHz) meters to get automatic measurements from the customers

[Layke1123]

Ahh I see. Curious why that has bled over to the consumer market I wonder.