Wired vs. wireless?
Ten years ago when wireless started knocking on the smart home door it almost looked like all those messy cables and wires were quickly headed for extinction.
Despite major advances in what wireless can do at home and on the go, there now appears to be a growing consensus that the networked home works best with a combination of technologies. It’s an opinion shared by a lot of other people with an interest in home technology. A quick poll of IT, home automation and home entertainment companies across the country finds a similar take on today’s smart home. Wireless provides the convenience and mobility, but wires still deliver the best performance, security and reliability.
Up until now, wired speeds have been roughly four times faster than wireless depending on a range of factors, like distance, but it’s a rapidly changing scene with both technologies continuing to make incredible advances. While led by smartphones, with 44% of smartphones already having access to WiFi, and increasingly laptops, the number of home networking products and other appliances using wireless keeps on growing.
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