Cox Smart Home
Cox Communications Inc, the fastest internet provider in the region, has successfully demonstrated a complete smart home in Phoenix. It involved displaying the seamless and uninterrupted working of the home with 55 devices connected simultaneously using their fast gigabyte internet. Cox intends to expand its home connectivity services by 2020 by providing simultaneous linking of more than 55 connected devices. The telecom major is in the last phases of developing its gigabyte-speed internet and Panoramic Wi-Fi service to be released by July.
According to Susan Anable, who is the vice president of public affairs in the southwest region, the bandwidth consumption is doubling every two years. This has prompted the company to come up with more advanced and cheap internet connectivity options offering faster speeds and bandwidth. The demonstration also included Cox displaying many of its home and business services like Cox Homelife. It is an advanced home automation system featuring professional monitoring with live high-definition video streams, smart locks, thermostat, and automated lights.
Leslie Benner, product-marketing manager for Cox Homelife said, “This system makes any home a smart home. You can set rules to have devices work together, like your doors locking every day at 9 p.m. and your lights turning on when you enter the home. I even have a chime on my back door so I know when it’s open for safety reasons with my pool and my daughter. This makes it super simple to control everything from an app.”
Fast Gigabyte Internet
In addition, the newly designed Cox Contour comes with a voice remote that enables vocal input for searching the internet, TV programming or for purchasing movies. Besides, it contains a six tuner DVR having about 2 terabytes of storage space. The Panoramic Wi-Fi service for smart homes is set to be released in July and can assist in optimizing the internet experience in homes. This is made possible by offering wall-to-wall internet coverage at high speeds.
Matt Severson, the product manager for internet and phone at Cox west region said, “You can get the same internet experience throughout your entire home through our modems and wireless extenders. It’s a different approach to optimizing your internet, while also using the My Wi-Fi app to see your connected devices and data usage, control your kid’s Wi-Fi and reset your modem.”
