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And it gets worse... As critical services move to the Internet, and we become reliant on IoT and cloud for our day-to-day, including emergency communication, m
by gz5 12y ago
And it gets worse...
As critical services move to the Internet, and we become reliant on IoT and cloud for our day-to-day, including emergency communication, many residences and businesses will need access to at least two permanent connections because we will need 99.999 uptime (and some programmable CPE to abstract the user from switching between the providers when one is down or degraded).
This means even two broadband providers will not always be sufficient. Many of us will need at least four total (true) broadband providers:
2+ wired
2+ wireless
to then choose from in truly healthy, competitive enviro...
- hga 12y agoCounterwise, you've just illustrated why I pay absolutely no attention to the IoT and will be surprised if it really gets anywhere any time soon (like, probably within my lifetime, assume a quarter century), and make sure nothing bad will happen when my rock solid AT&T DSL does occasionally go down. Heck, Heinlein discussed this sort of thing in his 1966 The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.