In most households the home network is a cobbled-together contraption of old and new bits and pieces collected up over the years with varying degrees of performance, dotted around the house and can only be worked on if you are lucky by the resident household technology enthusiast, or if you are not so lucky a visiting friend or relative.
Like it or not the home network is here to stay and WiFi is not going away anytime soon. Now if you live in a house 2500sqf or larger then you will know all about this. Now if you live in a house that is a 1000sqf or smaller then this is not an issue unless there is lots of concrete or block in the dividing walls between rooms that can be common in some modern condos. Which has lead most families down a path of trying to find a way to get WiFi into the far-flung reaches of the house that was not even a consideration 5 years ago?
Over the last 5 years, we have also had explosive growth in the number of devices (TV’s, media streaming boxes (Apple TV’s, Roku’s), smart speakers, tablets, iPads, phones, laptops, doorbells, cameras, etc) that want to connect to WiFi and our home networks.
Now in saying that it seems to me that the amount of thought time and consideration allocated to this primary need would lead me to believe this is not a true statement. You see for most households WiFi is provided by the free cable modem/router combo stuffed into some obscure corner of the house, and if you are really lucky it might be located somewhere close to your entertainment equipment so you can enjoy all these new streaming TV services. I can hear your children’s screams from my place when the internet drops out or it’s turned off.
If Maslowwas alive he would have included WiFi in his hierarchy of needs table. It’s right up there with food and shelter as a primary need nowadays. More so if you have children of any age. For most families, the home network and WiFi are as important as hot and cold running water.