I am curious what this equipment is on a pole near my house. [Pic]

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#304517 10-May-2023 22:59

Spotted it the other day in a semi rural area and just wondered what it was as hadn’t seen equipment like it on a power pole before. I’m sure someone here will know!

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#3074866 11-May-2023 06:17

Is this Canterbury? Wonder if it's for a smart meter network. Iirc there was a local company that made a mesh smart meter network, instead of connecting to a 3G network

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#3074869 11-May-2023 06:26

Whatever it is, it's an eyesore.

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#3074877 11-May-2023 08:01

Those are the new 6G towers 😄

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#3074885 11-May-2023 08:15

And note the caravan style power plug below with lead running up to the beam-forming brain scanners.

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#3074888 11-May-2023 08:25

Unplug it, wait for someone to turn up to plug it back in, and ask them what its for :D Remember to wear a tinfoil hat and an "Aliens are real" tshirt :)

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#3074890 11-May-2023 08:40

In towns you see similar units mounted under the verandahs of pubs. Used in heating mode they collect gatherings of drunken idiots talking BS and smoking.

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#3074900 11-May-2023 09:57

I hope they are Fiber access wireless AP's (PtP)for us rural people with ADSL or worse....yeah I know I'ma dreamer.

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#3074957 11-May-2023 10:55

nickb800: Is this Canterbury? Wonder if it's for a smart meter network. Iirc there was a local company that made a mesh smart meter network, instead of connecting to a 3G network

I'm gonna double down and say it's part of the old Arc Innovations smart meter mesh network in Canterbury or Hawke's Bay. Basically they would put a single GRPS modem in one of these things in each neighbourhood, and all of the meters would report to it on their own RF network. Essentially a way to avoid the cost of a GRPS modem in every smart meter. Sounds like its on its way out, with metering providers preferring to put a 3G/4G modem in each meter, and not have to run their own mesh network.