General Home Automation ZigBee gets an IP-based rival

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ZigBee gets an IP-based rival knarfm 04-01-08
Posted by on April 1, 2008, 9:09 am
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http://www.techworld.com/mobility/news/index.cfm?newsID=11848&pagtype=all

Posted by Robert Green on April 1, 2008, 11:22 am
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> http://www.techworld.com/mobility/news/index.cfm?newsID=11848&pagtype=all

<<Arch Rock is selling an entry-level PhyNet system, with ten nodes, two
routers and server, for $7995 (£4,000)>>

$800 a node? That's not going to find a lot of takers.

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Posted by Dan on April 4, 2008, 4:20 pm
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On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 11:22:29 -0400, Robert Green wrote:

>> http://www.techworld.com/mobility/news/index.cfm?newsID=11848&pagtype=all
>
> <<Arch Rock is selling an entry-level PhyNet system, with ten nodes, two
> routers and server, for $7995 (£4,000)>>
>
> $800 a node? That's not going to find a lot of takers.

nOT FOR YOU, POOR bOI.
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Posted by BruceR on April 4, 2008, 6:20 pm
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Dan wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 11:22:29 -0400, Robert Green wrote:
>
>>> http://www.techworld.com/mobility/news/index.cfm?newsID=11848&pagtype=all
>>
>> <<Arch Rock is selling an entry-level PhyNet system, with ten nodes,
>> two routers and server, for $7995 (£4,000)>>
>>
>> $800 a node? That's not going to find a lot of takers.
>
> nOT FOR YOU, POOR bOI.

Why would ANYbody - even as wealthy as Bill Gates - spend $800 for
something that can be had for less than $100? People who have earned
their money are generally not fools.



Posted by Robert Green on April 4, 2008, 7:48 pm
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>
> Dan wrote:
> > On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 11:22:29 -0400, Robert Green wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>>
http://www.techworld.com/mobility/news/index.cfm?newsID=11848&pagtype=all
> >>
> >> <<Arch Rock is selling an entry-level PhyNet system, with ten nodes,
> >> two routers and server, for $7995 (£4,000)>>
> >>
> >> $800 a node? That's not going to find a lot of takers.
> >
> > nOT FOR YOU, POOR bOI.
>
> Why would ANYbody - even as wealthy as Bill Gates - spend $800 for
> something that can be had for less than $100? People who have earned
> their money are generally not fools.

Money is never an object for trolls. (-:

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Bobby G.





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