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Millions of smart meters will fail when 2G and 3G turns off (www.theregister.com)
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[–] flawedFraction 6 points 1 year ago

It would depend how regulations are written. It's perfectly conceivable that these can be allowed to operate using a very low power level that wouldn't interfere with the larger network, especially if the use case is for things like substations that are already isolated.