Re: Darn good question !! New global standard for fully networked home - Industry applauds major breakthrough with revolutionary ITU technology

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Rahul Tongia <tongia () cmu edu>
Date: December 12, 2008 4:16:24 PM EST
To: dave () farber net
Cc: ip <ip () v2 listbox com>, Rahul Tongia <tongia () cmu edu>
Subject: Re: [IP] Re:   Darn good question  !!   New global standard  
for fully networked home - Industry applauds major breakthrough with  
revolutionary ITU technology
Reply-To: tongia () cmu edu

It also sounds like standards for standards sake - any meaningful  
process would have stakeholder input - else people will be free to  
ignore or have alternatives ("Cisco standards", anyone? [this is not  
meant as a dig, but a reflection of some standards processes,  
including de-facto]).

Most of these ITU proposals appear high bit-rate, entertainment-centric.

Home networks should be about much more than that. Energy efficiency,  
control, etc (to which they give lip service). These don't take much  
bandwidth, but require predictability, scalability, and, yes, dirt- 
cheap prices.  This doesn't appear to be that.  When we want to talk  
to a fridge (not just for recipes and RFID shopping = futuristic), a  
water heater, etc., the solution has to be cheap and simple.  This  
doesn't appear to fit the bill, or will take layering/modification.

Rahul




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