Study: IP-based services slow to grow [IDG InfoWorld]

I forsee a time when IP based telephony is standard in people's homes, with cables running through the house to serve your video,  data and telephony needs. This is already starting in some areas, but with the roll out of the Moxi media center, gigabit ethernet and WiFi, I can see a host of home and neighborhood services just around the corner:

• IM Video the kids wirelessly to call them home for dinner.
• Videoconference at holidays in the living room with your retiree parents who are out of state (or country) in their wired old age home.
• Distance learning with access to univerity classes for those who cannot travel (bedridden patients, remote areas who need specailized training)
• Serving different music to different people, and having it follow them around the house. I realize that Bill Gates has something similar in his home, and is planning to roll out something for the homes of others soon as well.
• IR cameras mounted with your outdoor lighting that feed into your home server/PVR. Set them to record when the motion detector goes off so that you can track just when it is the deer are munching your garden, or when a break in occured.
• Wire the fridge with a UPC scanner and a touchpad so that you can make a shopping list automatically. Tie that in with your recipie book and you an plan your meals for the week. While this was a part of the functionality of 3com's failed Audrey product, if it is embedded in an appliance you are already buying, adoption will be easier.

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