Still waiting for my flying car. Why do they keep selling things we didn't ask for. I never asked for an Internet washing machine. Have you ever seen an Internet washing machine in a movie about the future? F-L-Y-I-N-G-C-A-R dammit!
-----Original Message----- From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Nate Burke Sent: Monday, January 20, 2020 9:51 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] The Future No, You'll buy the 'Verizon washing machine with Alexa' And it will all just work when you get it home. If you decide to change wireless providers, you just get a new washing machine. On 1/20/2020 9:45 AM, Matt Hoppes wrote: > So now I have to register the IMEI off my washing machine? That > should go over well with the end users. > > On 1/20/20 10:40 AM, Gino A. Villarini wrote: >> Mobile ops will get into the “Home Connectivity” game and will offer >> mobile/home bundles >> >> *Gino****Villarini >> *Founder/President >> @gvillarini >> t: 787.273.4143 Ext. 204 >> m: >> aeronet-logo <http://www.aeronetpr.com/> inc500 >> <https://www.inc.com/profile/aeronet> fb-logo >> <https://www.facebook.com/aeronetpr/> insta-logo >> <https://www.instagram.com/aeronetpr/?hl=en> in-logo >> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/aeronet-broadband-corp> tw-logo >> <https://twitter.com/AeroNetPR?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor> >> yt-logo >> <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr2Q9WBrAYVm3Fn970Jd6VA> >> >> www.aeronetpr.com <http://www.aeronetpr.com> | Metro Office Park #18 >> Suite 304 Guaynabo, PR 00968 >> >> *From: *AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> on behalf of Matt Hoppes >> <mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net> >> *Reply-To: *AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> >> *Date: *Monday, January 20, 2020 at 11:27 AM >> *To: *AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com>, Mathew >> Howard <mhoward...@gmail.com> >> *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] The Future >> >> Do you actually think we're ever going to see unlimited 5G service? >> >> What about home security cameras, security systems, all the connected >> home devices? I certainly don't want to pay a monthly fee to connect >> all of them together. >> >> On 1/20/20 10:18 AM, Mathew Howard wrote: >> > That's exactly what I was thinking reading this thread. Fiber >> isn't > likely to be surpassed by anything else anytime soon, but >> the need for > having any kind of a traditional wired connection to >> the home could very > well disappear in the not too distant future. >> Fiber is still going to be > needed to make the 5G, 6G or whatever >> technologies work, but if every > device has it's own unlimited 5G >> wireless connection, not many people > are going to feel the need to >> pay for home connection. But whether that > can actually be made to >> work (in both a practical and technical >> sense) >> > remains to be seen. >> > >> > On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 8:28 AM Gino A. Villarini >> <g...@aeronetpr.com > <mailto:g...@aeronetpr.com>> wrote: >> > >> > Fiber is future proof but not human proof..____ > > __ __ > > >> As the users continue to gravitate more to handheld devices, the > >> actual value of fiber as a last mile connection for the end user is >> > a sliding graph towards 0.____ > > __ __ > > Wireless >> connectivity will continue expand in different iterations > like 5G, >> 6G and other upcoming technologies like LTTH and LTTD (LEO > to the >> home and LEO to the Device). <- I just coined both terms! ____ > > >> __ __ > > *Gino****Villarini > *Founder/President > @gvillarini >> > t: 787.273.4143 Ext. 204 > m: >> > >> > aeronet-logo <http://www.aeronetpr.com/> inc500 > >> <https://www.inc.com/profile/aeronet> fb-logo > >> <https://www.facebook.com/aeronetpr/> insta-logo > >> <https://www.instagram.com/aeronetpr/?hl=en> in-logo > >> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/aeronet-broadband-corp> tw-logo > >> <https://twitter.com/AeroNetPR?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp >> %7Ctwgr%5Eauthor> > yt-logo >> <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr2Q9WBrAYVm3Fn970Jd6VA> >> > >> > www.aeronetpr.com <http://www.aeronetpr.com> >> <http://www.aeronetpr.com> | Metro Office Park #18 > Suite 304 >> Guaynabo, PR 00968 > > *From: *AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com > >> <mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com>> on behalf of Matt Hoppes > >> <mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net >> > <mailto:mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net>> >> > *Reply-To: *AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com > >> <mailto:af@af.afmug.com>> > *Date: *Sunday, January 19, 2020 at >> 10:30 PM > *To: *"af@af.afmug.com <mailto:af@af.afmug.com>" >> <af@af.afmug.com > <mailto:af@af.afmug.com>> > *Subject: *[AFMUG] >> The Future____ > > __ __ > > I don’t know why, but this evening >> got me thinking about broadband > delivery over the past 30 years >> and the future of broadband. >> > >> > First we had nothing, then along came dial-up and that was amazing >> > and many companies sprung up offering the service. Giants like AOL >> > and Prodigy. >> > >> > Then DSL and Cable came along as well as wireless and dial-up has >> > all but died. >> > >> > Now DSL is basically dead, cable and wireless have gone through > >> several iterations and we are seeing a push to fiber. >> > >> > What’s the possibility in the next 10 years cable and wireless >> will > be dead technologies with fiber at the fore front? Possibly. >> > >> > But then..... is fiber really future proof? We are talking about >> > investing hundreds of millions into fiber infrastructure, because >> > it’s “the future”. 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