Tips on Tapping Taps

[s1113645 at tesla.cc.uottawa.ca]

On Sat, 13 Apr 1996, Dave Del Torto wrote:

> Do we risk e$ accounts being billed automatically by water/gas/electric
> meters on a daily basis without the possibility of users disputing the
> readings in a timely way? Is anyone proposing permissions on such boxes?

Credit or user-defined escrow for clearing (user pays the escrow company
on auto, company verifies that "the check is in the mail" at its escrow 
account, user defines duration of retention)
If an e$ credit system comes about, it'd be like reversing the fees on on a 
cred card.