A method comprising: under control of a processing unit: broadcasting, from a metering device, a network coverage message requesting a receiving device (202-2, 202-3) of the network coverage message to determine signal strength of the network coverage message detected at the receiving device (202-2, 202-3); receiving, at the metering device, one or more responses from one or more receiving devices (202-2, 202-3), the one or more responses comprising a storable data structure containing information indicating one or more signal strengths of the network coverage message detected at the one or more receiving devices (202-2, 202-3), and either identifying information and authentication information of the one or more receiving devices, or location information of the one or more receiving devices; and sending, from the metering device, data related to a network coverage of the metering device to a hand-held requesting device located at a site of the metering device based at least on the received information indicating the one or more signal strengths of the network coverage message detected at the one or more receiving devices (202-2, 202-3). under control of a processing unit: broadcasting, from a metering device, a network coverage message requesting a receiving device (202-2, 202-3) of the network coverage message to determine signal strength of the network coverage message detected at the receiving device (202-2, 202-3); receiving, at the metering device, one or more responses from one or more receiving devices (202-2, 202-3), the one or more responses comprising a storable data structure containing information indicating one or more signal strengths of the network coverage message detected at the one or more receiving devices (202-2, 202-3), and either identifying information and authentication information of the one or more receiving devices, or location information of the one or more receiving devices; and sending, from the metering device, data related to a network coverage of the metering device to a hand-held requesting device located at a site of the metering device based at least on the received information indicating the one or more signal strengths of the network coverage message detected at the one or more receiving devices (202-2, 202-3). broadcasting, from a metering device, a network coverage message requesting a receiving device (202-2, 202-3) of the network coverage message to determine signal strength of the network coverage message detected at the receiving device (202-2, 202-3); receiving, at the metering device, one or more responses from one or more receiving devices (202-2, 202-3), the one or more responses comprising a storable data structure containing information indicating one or more signal strengths of the network coverage message detected at the one or more receiving devices (202-2, 202-3), and either identifying information and authentication information of the one or more receiving devices, or location information of the one or more receiving devices; and either identifying information and authentication information of the one or more receiving devices, or location information of the one or more receiving devices; and sending, from the metering device, data related to a network coverage of the metering device to a hand-held requesting device located at a site of the metering device based at least on the received information indicating the one or more signal strengths of the network coverage message detected at the one or more receiving devices (202-2, 202-3).