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'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'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'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.