Verizon getting into home controls?
According to CNET, Verizon Communications is exploring ways to use its Fios broadband service to give consumers ways to remotely control their thermostat and view their energy usage.
Company engineers are now designing applications, including energy management, to work with the routers that come with its Fios service.
The first application Verizon expects to roll out will be videoconferencing by the end of the year, according to company spokesman Jim Smith, who said home security and energy management are also being considered.
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