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Smart meters will let companies change cost of electricity every 30 minutes under 'surge pricing' Smart meters will allow energy firms to introduce "surge pricing", one of Britain's biggest gas and electric providers has admitted for the first time.New deals which will mean the price of energy fluctuates every half an hour will be introduced as soon the energy regulator has given them the green light, Scottish Power told the Telegraph.The controversial tariffs rely on smart meters and will radically change the way households consume energy, leading to them paying more for watching television, charging gadgets and running the washing machine during popular times such as in the mornings and evenings.
Greeks love landlines, not very keen on emailGreeks are top-of-the-table in the European Union in their use of landline telephony, but languish at the bottom of the chart in their use of email and instant messaging. They are also trailing when it comes to use of internet telephony, and despite the expansion of applications such as Skype and FaceTime, very few Greeks use video-telephony as a means of communication.Furthermore, Greek citizens have the lowest level of recognition of the European emergency number (112) among their EU peers.