A good home internet experience will help to make the holiday season bright.
Our homes are becoming smarter everyday. With all of the smart devices, appliances, security systems and more, optimizing your home internet should be on everyone’s holiday to-do list. For those looking to make their home more connected, Cox Communications has some great smart technologies that can be added to your gift list.
Make sure your home internet is prepared for all of the gadgets
and guests holidays bring.
If you plan to stuff stockings with the latest connected tech for the family, consider the impact of all those new devices on your home wifi network and internet connection. You might also think about the potential surge in the number of people using your network while they’re home for the holidays. Get the WiFi password ready!
A good rule of thumb is to choose an internet speed that lets everyone at home do what they want at the same time.
This might mean upgrading your service to a higher speed. For most homes, the popular 250 Mbps tier easily supports most families’ streaming, gaming, downloading, remote learning, web surfing, and social media scrolling needs. But for those who want more, providers like Cox offer gigabit speeds to all customers in the markets it serves.
It’s also a good time to check your internet equipment. Newer modems and gateways will provide stronger in-home signal strength. Regardless of if/when you upgrade, it’s a good idea to have a provider that will let you make the change easily. For example, if you have Cox internet service and Cox Panoramic Wifi you get equipment that keeps up with pace of technology.
Connected gifts can save money and time, and make life a little easier.
With all of the new smart technologies out there, there are tons of gifts that will save you money on your electric bill and simplify your life through a variety of ways:
- Interior and exterior smart lighting systems and bulbs – you can program on and off times, enable motion sensing to shut off lights when no one’s around, and even tune the color of your lighting to match a mood or decor.
- Smart home resource management, including thermostats that learn and self-program based on your comfort preferences; and sprinkler systems that can sense watering levels and weather patterns to avoid unnecessary watering.
- Home automation systems, like Homelife, with inside and outside video cameras, plus smart locks and video doorbells that can be monitored remotely from your mobile device.
- Smart healthcare devices, such as blood pressure, glucose and heart monitors that are managed with your mobile device and share results and alerts in real-time with your healthcare providers; and smart exercise equipment that helps you track progress and connects you to group workouts.
- Smart appliances, like ovens that manage the entire cooking process, and are managed by your mobile device, refrigerators that tell you when you’re out of milk, and even robot vacuum cleaners and mops.
- Smart bathroom fixtures, like toilets with hands-free opening and closing, night lights and heated seats, automated sanitizing with UV disinfectant; mirrors with customizable settings, information displays and built-in speakers; and more.
- Smart bedroom furniture, with beds that let you adjust firmness and temperature on each side independently.
- And for those with furry friends, a guaranteed favorite is automatic feeders and self-cleaning litter boxes.
There’s no place like home for the holidays and a healthy home network and strong and reliable internet experience will help make the season bright!
