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Re:CHIP Pro by Dowwie on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @02:24PM (#12695324)
Why would you use wifi rather than radio? encryption?
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Re:CHIP Pro by IgorPartola on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @07:25PM (#12697193)
For me: because it requires the least amount of hardware and also works with Amazon Echo for voice control. With a different type of radio, if you still need it on the internet, you have to somehow bridge it, which means more hardware.
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Re:CHIP Pro by StavrosK on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @07:11PM (#12697105)
Yes, and reliability. TCP gives you a lot of nice things.
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