/technologies/wireless/b/blog/posts/smart-power-strip-to-control-appliances-anytime-anywhere-why-wifiSince we launched Smart Power Strip last week, many of my friends working in wireless domain asked me the benefits and reason behind selection of Wi-Fi standard over zigbee, 2.4GHz and other wireless options for our home automation ...en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/technologies/wireless/b/blog/posts/smart-power-strip-to-control-appliances-anytime-anywhere-why-wifiThu, 21 Jan 2016 12:15:36 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:1d419c58-01f9-475f-bc25-7e742107d1d5clem572<p>Actually BLE makes more sense and has lower costs because of minimal radio time.<span>[View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-1d419c58-01f9-475f-bc25-7e742107d1d5/contentimage_5F00_403.png:16:16]</span></p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=1072&AppID=5&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/technologies/wireless/b/blog/posts/smart-power-strip-to-control-appliances-anytime-anywhere-why-wifiThu, 21 Jan 2016 11:56:35 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:1d419c58-01f9-475f-bc25-7e742107d1d5gadget.iom0<p>Hello <span>[mention:1b7ff31007514d1b91132ea7fb4f2c5c:e9ed411860ed4f2ba0265705b8793d05]</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Welcome to the Element14!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Thank you for your infomercial about your product, and your justification for using WiFi over ZigBee.</p><p>It would seem that the disadvantage of your product is the apparent dependence on a web service to operate the appliance. </p><p>Can this be operated in an offline configuration?</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=1072&AppID=5&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">