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IPv6, LTE and IPSO: Not So Long Term Evolution to 50 Billion Devices

• Comment posted Jul 01, 2009 2:13 pm PDT — by Chano Gomez
  The IPSO demonstration mentioned in the article shows how the future "Smart Grid" should look like. Additional commentary at "IP for Smart Objects shows future of Smart Grid” and "Why the Smart Grid must be based on IP standards”.

Can't Connect... Won't Connect

• Comment posted May 13, 2009 11:27 pm PDT — by Chano Gomez
  There are two ways to alleviate the problem. One is to use wireless networks that operate in frequencies that keep signals in short range. One example is the recently announced WiGig initiative (which is trying to create a WiFi-like specification…

Carriers Are Trying to Take Back Control of the Home Network

• Comment posted Jan 21, 2009 8:44 pm PST — by Chano Gomez
  Bob, I agree with you that in general applications that want to be reliable and provide a good user experience should not rely on QoS features of the underlying network. By not making any assumption about the quality of the…

Why 2008 Was a Milestone Year for IPv6

• Comment posted Jan 21, 2009 8:10 am PST — by Chano Gomez
  Hi Derek, Is there any data on which percentage of consumer home networks support IPv6? I would assume that 0% of consumers are using IPv6 today (specially because very few ISPs offer IPv6-services to consumers) but that a number of…

Carriers Are Trying to Take Back Control of the Home Network

• Comment posted Jan 21, 2009 5:45 am PST — by Chano Gomez
  Hi Bob, While it's true that carriers have a tendency to see QoS as a means to lower their support costs, the technology being promoted by HomeGrid Forum and currently being standardized at ITU-T as G.hn/G.9960 (which recently achieved a…