Why the Internet of Things Is Going Nowhere

Re:Why the Internet of Things Is Going Nowhere by anotherhue on Thursday October 01, 2015 @03:39PM (#10314073)

To be fair, Low Energy Bluetooth has very quick connection setup, and most applications can actually get by using a connectionless advertising channel.

I've become very soured to IoT, the industry is spending more and more time making inconsequential devices communicate while ignoring the oligarchy controlling how real people communicate. Cellular providers and Facebook control almost all human communication.

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Re:Why the Internet of Things Is Going Nowhere by patburns on Thursday October 01, 2015 @07:40PM (#10315590)

That is fair, though as a practical matter for connecting with moving things the tiny range of BLE makes it more or less useless. In terms of "most applications" you probably mean body area networks (e.g. FitBit) where it does indeed do well but beyond that, BLE is not a serious IoT option for "most applications".

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