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Re:Smart homes will turn dumb overnight as Charter kills sec... by vangelis on Saturday January 18, 2020 @01:53PM (#22086235)
I think the problem is you get crushed by the incumbents before you have a chance to take off. John Deere has lots of infrastructure (manufacturing, service) already in place. In a different market, see Google trying to break into the ISP space.
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Re:Smart homes will turn dumb overnight as Charter kills sec... by lrem on Saturday January 18, 2020 @05:47PM (#22087914)
Was Google's failure there due to lack of technical infrastructure?
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Re:Smart homes will turn dumb overnight as Charter kills sec... by vangelis on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @12:06PM (#22108782)
They had plenty of expertise but an extremely hard time securing utility pole right of way, IIRC, to the point of being sued my incumbents to stop them providing service.
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