Re: Broadband Router Comparisons

[Hugo Slabbert <hugo () slabnet com>]

On Sun 2015-Dec-27 09:58:50 -0800, Michael Thomas <mike () 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 () 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
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> > Hugo
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