Smart homes will turn dumb overnight as Charter kills security service
Ah, that reminds me of my Westinghouse Radio Hub, an Internet connected radio, cd, weather, etc. I was excited to buy it on sale, then packed it in a closet and forgot all about it.<p>A long time later, I accidentally stumbled upon this puppy right there in the closet. Took it out of the box, and to my first disappointment, it wasn&#x27;t wireless. You had to plug an Ethernet cable.<p>Hit the power button and the screen lights up with the word, initializing.<p>When you have waited long enough, the screen changes to Network error. I tried plugging it in directly on the modem to no avail. I tried to debug it by analyzing the network, the domain it pointed to was no longer resolving.<p>No internet feature for me I guess. At least I still had a Radio and CD player....<p>Let&#x27;s tune in to the radio. Automatic station search. Apparently, that requires the internet. So after you wait long enough, Network Error.<p>Well let&#x27;s go with CDs then. When you insert a CD, it looks for the album info online. Oh you have no connection? Network error it is.<p>Left it on my desk as decoration for a couple years before I threw it in the garbage.