Broadband Router Comparisons

Mon Dec 28 04:06:40 UTC 2015

On Sun 2015-Dec-27 09:58:50 -0800, Michael Thomas <mike at mtcc.com> wrote:

>Nice,  but i want my router to have an android environment itself, not 
>just to
>be controlled by my phone (which i want as well, of course).

Sure.  My message was strictly in response to:

>>>This is, I imagine, why Google bought Nest: they want to be that home
>>>central controller. The home router is more ubiquitous though, IMHO.

...and not specifically about:

>>>Which is pretty cool if you need something that is, oh say, a central
>>>controller for your home. Put a headless Android in it, allow 3rd party 
>>>apps, water the lawn with it. Love ensues.

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>
>The proximity sensor for app developers would be fun to play with, for 
>example.
>
>Mike
>
>On 12/27/2015 09:43 AM, Hugo Slabbert wrote:
>>
>>---- From: Michael Thomas <mike at mtcc.com> -- Sent: 2015-12-27 - 08:49 ----
>>
>>>
>>>On 12/26/2015 11:37 PM, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote:
>>>>Providing security updates is just a cost, there is no upside, because
>>>>these boxes sit in a closet, unloved until they stop working, and
>>>>they're thrown out and replaced by a new unloved box that goes into
>>>>the closet until it stops working again.
>>>IMO, this is the real problem, but there's a real opportunity. Routers
>>>are for most
>>>people the only things which:
>>>
>>>1) are always on
>>>2) have internet connectivity
>>>
>>>Which is pretty cool if you need something that is, oh say, a central
>>>controller
>>>for your home. Put a headless Android in it, allow 3rd party apps, water the
>>>lawn with it. Love ensues.
>>>
>>>This is, I imagine, why Google bought Nest: they want to be that home
>>>central
>>>controller. The home router is more ubiquitous though, IMHO.
>>Hence: https://on.google.com/hub/
>>
>>>Mike
>>>
>>--
>>Hugo
>>hugo at slabnet.com: email, xmpp/jabber
>>also on Signal
>>
>
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