Google to buy 6.6% stake in ADT in home security push

Re:Google to buy 6.6% stake in ADT in home security push by ElderKorihor on Monday August 03, 2020 @10:10AM (#24037962)

Depends on what you mean by "support". The OnHub never ended up using its smart home radios or built-in speaker for anything. I also ended up needing to buy multiple other boxes to work around Google WiFi's crashy PPPoE implementation and lack of VLAN tagging.

And then there was that day Google accidently deleted everyone's router configuration.

It worked great as a dumb access point. Everything else was shambles.

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Re:Google to buy 6.6% stake in ADT in home security push by lstamour on Monday August 03, 2020 @10:32AM (#24038194)

True. I stopped using mine because of the PPPoE support & VLAN tagging required for gigabit fiber optic internet was missing/didn’t perform well. And I remember having to reset not just my OnHub but my relatives’ too. But back when I had a standard coax cable connection, it worked great! :) I was able to chat with a live human when I needed support with mesh at one point.

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Re:Google to buy 6.6% stake in ADT in home security push by ericd on Monday August 03, 2020 @11:07AM (#24038613)

I've been very happy with our home networking since ditching our consumer networking gear for Ubiquiti stuff. It's not very expensive, and it's worked extremely well.

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Re:Google to buy 6.6% stake in ADT in home security push by sukilot on Monday August 03, 2020 @10:44AM (#24038344)

Sad that Google never made amends for that; not even a token gesture like some Play credit.

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