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  Tatum, 13 Dec 2002 @ 4:02pm

  
  

  The biggest Zero Billion dollar business in the wo

  As anyone who has spent any time in the Home Automation industry will tell you, HA has been over-hyped for over 20 years now. Mike's right about selling the benefits, but it's not going to have anything to do with you accessing your oven (excluding those with OCD who panic everytime they leave the house thinking they "left the oven on"..).
  The "networked home" revolution is well under way, and it is being driven mostly by the easily percieved data networking benefit of access the internet throughout the home so you can vote in TV "insta-polls" for your favorite bachelorette or coaches decision. ;-)
  Seriously now, distribution of media content will drive consumer adoption. Tivo's announcement yesterday was just the start in a flood of announcements from companies pushing this initiative. The Home Automation industry vetrans will also let you know that there are only two areas consumers are willing to spend money for these systems- entertainment and security.

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  Anonymous Coward, 16 Dec 2002 @ 3:24am

  
  

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  I enjoy very much my wifi connecting the 3 pcs I have a t home, but I sincerely hate my internet-ready washing machine. It sn t connected, of course, but for every minor tech problem it detects-pipe leaking 1 drop every 48 hours- it just disable all functions and force you to call the assistance. Internet connection would add automatic assistance call-up (and related charges for a service organized pretty much like call centers, i.e. people hired, trained 1 months, paid peanuts, leaving after 3)
  
  I don t want an internet ready washing machine which breaks down quiet often and is connected to useless assistance.
  
  I just want a state of the art piece of machinery I can cheerfully lock in my bathroom

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