It seems likely to me. Google already has Google Fi... it wouldn't take a huge stretch of the imagination for them to just start throwing a Google Fi LTE radio into the various home automation devices they make and just charge a monthly fee that covers whole mess.
On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 1:32 PM CBB - Jay Fuller <par...@cyberbroadband.net> wrote: > > so does alexa / google home become the "middleware" to connect your home > network / devices? > kind of already seeing this with google purchasing what was it...some home > automation thing > didn't amazon/alexa purchase ring? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Mathew Howard <mhoward...@gmail.com> > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > *Sent:* Monday, January 20, 2020 10:35 AM > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] The Future > > Exactly. things like washing machines, that use a tiny amount of data > anyway, will just have their own connection... it actually makes it a lot > simpler for the end user, since it will just work without the need to mess > with anything. > > Although I think it's more likely that it will just be whatever brand > washing machine with Alexa, and the wireless provider won't really be > relevant. > > On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 9:51 AM Nate Burke <n...@blastcomm.com> wrote: > >> 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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