The Broadband Home: The Role of HomePlug
Sandy Teger and David WaksCo-Founders, BroadbandHomeCentral.com
Asoka Press Conference
Consumer Electronics Show
January 9 , 2004
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About Us: Professionally
• Sandy– 18+ years with AT&T; multimedia strategy director
• Dave– Founder and R&D director, Prodigy Services Company
• Together as System Dynamics Inc.– Specialists in residential broadband– Consult for companies affected by residential broadband
• Projects included strategy, business economics, competitive analysis
– Operate www.BroadbandHomeCentral.com as industry resource– Free monthly Report on the Broadband Home
• www.bbhreport.com • Subscribers in ~103 countries • Global coverage--but must confess to somewhat US-biased outlook
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“Broadband Home”
• Our name for “connected home”, “smart home”, “digital home”
• Broadband access and in-home distribution network– Any kind of access (DSL, cable, wireless, fiber,…)– Any kind(s) of home networking (Wi-Fi, Ethernet, PLC, …)
• Multiple broadband devices– PCs, TVs, phones, game consoles, … and emerging appliances
• High speed– Megabits: Millions of bits per second– To the home, in the home and from the home
• “Always on” connection– Continuous connection– From the home to the outside world, and to the home from the
outside
• “The Extended Home”– Includes the back yard, the garage, the car,…– Starting to encompass the town, the hotel, …
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The Promise of Broadband
Work from home as easily as in the office
Voice and video
conferencing
Music and TV everywhere in the home
Share photos and videos with friends and family
Untethered access
Big jukeboxes of music,
movies, TV and games
Control VCRs, AC, lights from anywhere
Telemedicine
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Our Broadband Home Movie
Sandy and Dave’sBroadband Home
www.bbhcentral.com/presentations.html#lws2003movie
Devices and Wiring in Our Home
TV
A/VSystem
Cable
Gateway/firewall
Cable Modem
Internet
TV
TV
Audio System
Loudspeakers
Speaker wiring
Audio “Island”
TV “Island”
X10 PLC Lighting
Lighting “Island”
PC “Island”
Analog Lines
AnalogPhone
AnalogPhone
Phone “Island”
CE “Island”
Digital CameraDigital Camcorder
LV wiring HeatingAir ConditioningControls
HVAC “Island”
Replay DVR
TiVo DVR
PRISMIQ
AudioTron
HomePlug PLC
CiscoMTA
USBSerial
SIPPhone
Legend - Devices - Ethernet wiring and networking - Other wiring and networking
Notebook PCsSmart displays
802.11b/g Wi-Fi AP and adapters
Ethernet switches and NICsCAT5 structured wiring
ServerDesktop PCs
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Home Networking—One Size Does NOT Fit All
• New construction: structured wiring is fundamental
• Mobile devices: Wi-Fi provides untethered access
• HomePlug – A wired backbone in the absence of structured wiring– A natural complement to Wi-Fi– Robust performance– Under-utilized, under-appreciated technology
• Asoka– Innovative packaging– Interesting products– Tested early products in our home mid-2002 – highest hits on our
web site
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Connected By Design Tour
• Showhouse at Stardust Hotel– South parking lot
• Shows all connected products in real home setting– “Home of the present”– Sandy and Dave are “Broadband Architects”
• Broadband Internet Café – Cox Communications– Free phone calls anywhere in world (Cox VoIP)– Free Wi-Fi hot spot– Email access
• Come Visit Us!– Shuttle Bus across street from convention center– “Acoustiguide” guided tour
WWW.HomeByDesignShowhouse.com
www.BroadbandHomeCentral.com
sandy @ bb-home.com
dave @ bb-home.com
Phone 973.644.4739
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