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Photos: Inside BT's attack on the digital home
BT has taken the wraps off the latest batch of gadgets it hopes will take off in the digital home.
This A4-sized device is the BT 'home hub'. It's essentially a Wi-Fi router but it links up to a number of BT gadgets, such as the company's new Internet Radio and Videophone.
Mimicking rival Wanadoo's Livebox strategy, BT will be giving away the home hub for free for customers on more expensive broadband tariffs, to encourage them to take up advanced services, although fat-pipe tightwads can also buy the device for £30.
Also following in the footsteps of Wanadoo (now Orange Broadband), BT is getting into the home security market. A new package which lets worrywarts keep tabs on their home remotely, using an Internet dashboard, is being piloted now and could launch this September. The kit is expected to cost around £220, with a monthly subscription of around £4.
Words: Jo Best, silicon.com
Credit: BT
