On: Millions of smart meters will brick it when 2G and...

[chrisandchris]

> [...] You can save a lot of power by knowing what is going on [...]

I'm really curious how you go from "smart meter" to "save a lot of power". Just because I have a smeter, I won't save money. My regular meter already shows power consumption (not that convenient, that's true) and my smart meter won't tell me what actually uses my power. So, regarding saving power, it's the same as with a regular meter?

How do you save energy by having a smart meter?

[daveoc64 → chrisandchris]

I can easily see from the in-home display or an app on my phone how much electricity is being used in real time.

This acts as a great reminder to switch off anything that's using a lot of power.