Internet access is one of those commodities that we tend to pass off as tertiary compared to other needs, but the instant that gateway to the web is taken away, its as if the food was stolen from the plate and the water taken from the glass. And with the ever increasing demands put on any home network, even the most robust providers have difficulty coping with the strain of multiple channels that are now so common with the "Internet of Things". our thermostats run on WiFi, as do the fridges, TVs, and of course, our cellular devices, just to name a few. Standard home networks can only do so much to manage, even signal extenders and meshed routers prove inefficient in addressing these needs.
The solution, as with almost every computing need these days, is the cloud; that and a myriad of small, smart routers being developed by Plume. Plume has devised a way to do away with traditional routers that enables existing internet services to become more efficient and deliver faster capabilities than any other router technology. The Plume Pods (available in Champagne, Silver, and Onyx) simply plug into a standard wall socket, one for each room of your house, making installation hassle-free and set-up a piece of cake. The real magic of Plume, however, is the cloud integration, which allows your home network to learn and adapt to the needs of the home and all of its gizmos. Having a smart router in each room means that every inch of space is cover with a WiFi signal, optimized for usage that it becomes accustom to.
It may sound like a combination of network extenders being placed all over the house, but the protocols used to convey signal across the network along with the incredible adaptive capabilities offered with cloud integration, the Plume system is a much needed evolution of the wireless home. The ship date for this technology is a early as September of this year, and those that preorder will not only be the first to receive their Pods, they will also get them at 20% off of the normal price. Sounds like a win-win to me, and if you've been looking for an upgrade to your router situation, its a no brainer!