Five years ago, broadband was a wonder and home networks a black art. Today, we’re blithely weighing 802.11 pre-N against HomePlug AV, or holding out for municipal Wi-Fi or Verizon FIOS. And new home buyers are opting for gigabit Ethernet backbones and IP-based home control systems along with their cork flooring and granite countertops. Given how far we’ve come so fast, what will the next five years bring in digital home technology –- real flying toasters? For answers, we turned…
I suppose I might take prognostications like this seriously if market share for home automation, distributed audio, lighting control and service provider fiber based deployments market share were currently in the double digit range and growing at double digit rates- until then, its pure pontification driven by casual deskjocky observation. 5 years, seems more like 20 = :-(
What could have been the basis for an excellent piece on the real future of IP based systems ending up being an article neither humorous nor insightful.
Sounds like the rants of a bunch of control freaks to me and also like it wouldn’t be much fun.
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Kistner is a technology writer living in Cambridge, Mass. Her main focus is networking and wireless.
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Hi,
Saw this was posted to the ‘fiber’ group .. for those new to the technology that are interested, you might want to look at my quick ‘Fiber Primer’ that I penned.