The Broadband Home: The Role of HomePlug

Sandy Teger and David WaksCo-Founders, BroadbandHomeCentral.com

Asoka Press Conference

Consumer Electronics Show

January 9 , 2004

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About Us: Professionally

• Sandy– 18+ years with AT&T; multimedia strategy director

• Dave– Founder and R&D director, Prodigy Services Company

• Together as System Dynamics Inc.– Specialists in residential broadband– Consult for companies affected by residential broadband

• Projects included strategy, business economics, competitive analysis

– Operate www.BroadbandHomeCentral.com as industry resource– Free monthly Report on the Broadband Home

• www.bbhreport.com • Subscribers in ~103 countries • Global coverage--but must confess to somewhat US-biased outlook

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“Broadband Home”

• Our name for “connected home”, “smart home”, “digital home”

• Broadband access and in-home distribution network– Any kind of access (DSL, cable, wireless, fiber,…)– Any kind(s) of home networking (Wi-Fi, Ethernet, PLC, …)

• Multiple broadband devices– PCs, TVs, phones, game consoles, … and emerging appliances

• High speed– Megabits: Millions of bits per second– To the home, in the home and from the home

• “Always on” connection– Continuous connection– From the home to the outside world, and to the home from the

outside

• “The Extended Home”– Includes the back yard, the garage, the car,…– Starting to encompass the town, the hotel, …

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The Promise of Broadband

Work from home as easily as in the office

Voice and video

conferencing

Music and TV everywhere in the home

Share photos and videos with friends and family

Untethered access

Big jukeboxes of music,

movies, TV and games

Control VCRs, AC, lights from anywhere

Telemedicine

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Our Broadband Home Movie

Sandy and Dave’sBroadband Home

www.bbhcentral.com/presentations.html#lws2003movie

Devices and Wiring in Our Home

TV

A/VSystem

Cable

Gateway/firewall

Cable Modem

Internet

TV

TV

Audio System

Loudspeakers

Speaker wiring

Audio “Island”

TV “Island”

X10 PLC Lighting

Lighting “Island”

PC “Island”

Analog Lines

AnalogPhone

AnalogPhone

Phone “Island”

CE “Island”

Digital CameraDigital Camcorder

LV wiring HeatingAir ConditioningControls

HVAC “Island”

Replay DVR

TiVo DVR

PRISMIQ

AudioTron

HomePlug PLC

CiscoMTA

USBSerial

SIPPhone

Legend - Devices - Ethernet wiring and networking - Other wiring and networking

Notebook PCsSmart displays

802.11b/g Wi-Fi AP and adapters

Ethernet switches and NICsCAT5 structured wiring

ServerDesktop PCs

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Home Networking—One Size Does NOT Fit All

• New construction: structured wiring is fundamental

• Mobile devices: Wi-Fi provides untethered access

• HomePlug – A wired backbone in the absence of structured wiring– A natural complement to Wi-Fi– Robust performance– Under-utilized, under-appreciated technology

• Asoka– Innovative packaging– Interesting products– Tested early products in our home mid-2002 – highest hits on our

web site

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Connected By Design Tour

• Showhouse at Stardust Hotel– South parking lot

• Shows all connected products in real home setting– “Home of the present”– Sandy and Dave are “Broadband Architects”

• Broadband Internet Café – Cox Communications– Free phone calls anywhere in world (Cox VoIP)– Free Wi-Fi hot spot– Email access

• Come Visit Us!– Shuttle Bus across street from convention center– “Acoustiguide” guided tour

WWW.HomeByDesignShowhouse.com

www.BroadbandHomeCentral.com

sandy @ bb-home.com

dave @ bb-home.com

Phone 973.644.4739

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