Blurock

The Aus-iot Monitor is an inexpensive electronic device that is easily attached to the water meter or electricity meter (NB! 2 different systems - water reading is battery powered and electricity is plugged in). This is a LoRa system requiring no additional gateways or antennas where the area is already covered by LoRa. Effectiveness is proved by various case studies and existing installations. (see case study for Western Cape)
2020-09-02 Case Study - Western Cape.pdf ...

Originally Posted by Blurock

After years of research and money spent, failures and breakthroughs, I have now finally found a reliable and sustainable manufacturer and supplier of automated reading equipment for water, as well as for electricity meters.

The Aus-iot system was developed by the same engineers that pioneered prepaid metering and the internationally accepted STS prepaid protocol in South Africa. The Aus-iot monitors are manufactured in South Africa and is also exported to Australia where the main

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I see that some enumerators in Durban are threatening to withhold census forms from Statistics SA as they have not yet been paid.

Does this mean that the population of Durban will officially be 0 (zero) if the problem is not solved?