About a month ago the utility swapped out all the meters here with "smart" ones, and ever since... I've had 803.11 problems.
We were away when they did the replacement, and while we had to reset a bunch of clocks, things in the house were ok.
However, ever since then, my laptop loses connectivity to our wifi base. This typically happens (very roughly) for ten minutes a couple of times/day. (Maybe more).
When this if going on my usual list of "in range" wifi choices goes down from the half dozen to maybe one or two. And the signal strength (as measured by Apple's visual display, yes, I know..) on my base, which is maybe 20 feet away, goes from all five "cones" to maybe 1 or 2.
(This happens with all the laptops and desktops in the house. Mostly Apples of various types, but also a "smart phone")
Sometimes it's totally gone.
So my ques:
a: could this be a symptom of the electrical meters getting polled and transmitting their data?
If so,
b: how best to verify this is the case?
Thanks
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