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Building an ethernet network in the home is already a given to network the home computers so it only makes sense to use that same network to provide communication for everything else and to get everyone talking on the same protocol. It appears that the Z-Wave alliance is moving in this...

I just don't believe that any type of communication going over a live power line can really be reliable. It seems like a half ass rig setup that people do because they already have power lines run to all the devices and they don't want to go threw the trouble of running a second line for...

MN, Minneapolis - I am new to HA - I have been a self employed IT consultant for the past 5 years. I am going after high end residential and commercial environments. I am going at it from more of a consulting angle then an installer angle. My starting prospects are all current customers of...

Hello, I am starting a home automation consulting business and I just went threw the process of choosing a name. I settled on Next Habitat (nexthabitat.com) During the process I acquired 2 extra domain names that I will not be using. If anyone is interested in habitatshift.com or...