Industries Involved with Home Networking

H. Service Providers (42 entries)

Updated on May 2, 2011

1. Appliance centers -- useful bits about lots of specialized devices in the home

2. Appliance diagnostics and assistance -- online and in-home services, human and home network interpretation of appliance troubleshooting

3. Business-to-business sales and service (E, G, H, J) -- Home network components and services to link home-based businesses to other businesses

4. Cable services companies

5. Central station security monitoring -- designed to interact with DHNs

6. Certifications or home network devices and systems (THNC and others)

7. Components and services to link home networks to businesses, especially remote businesses and businesses in homes

8. Education and training to work in the DHN environment: professional training degrees and certificates; home owner education; continuing education and refresher courses

9. Emergency monitoring systems, DHN-compatible -- where they are located, range of service, connectivity and protocols

10. Energy monitoring systems, DHN-compatible -- where they are located, range of service, connectivity and protocols

11. For-pay sources of services via television, cable, satellite -- interfaced with DHNs

12. Functional DHN component build, test, and evaluation

13. Home retrofit and upgrade service centers -- to return to homes to standard levels

14. Home security panel and peripheral installers

15. HVAC -- ducting, zone controls (heat/cool), digital controls on furnaces, heat pumps, and AC compressors

16. Infiltration and contamination -- wired and wireless detection services of interference and identification of sources of problems; applies to wiring and antennas inside and outside of the home

17. Installation services -- for new DHN systems and upgrades; online help

18. Internet service providers

19. Leasing of home network systems and/or components

20. Licensing, standards, protocols for home networks (H, I)

21. Managed financial support (THNC)

22. Medical care providers (in-home and remote monitoring services)

23. Moving -- system preparation -- home contents inventory, leaving and arriving

24. Nonprofits (not swayed by corporate sponsorship) to educate and protect the public (THNC)

25. Online appliance diagnostics -- possibly interpreted by DHNs

26. Online retail outlets (E, H) -- for sales of all DHN-compatible products and services

27. Plumbers -- digitally regulated heaters and solar panels for hot water and hot water home heating systems

28. Radio broadcast networks and stations

29. Recertification and standards compliance services -- when homes are sold/purchased

30. Satellite dish services --television and Internet

31. Security system (burglary and fire) installations -- compatible with DHNs

32. Service centers for DHN repairs (retail)

33. Services available to work with or through each type of DHN or DHN-peripherals (check wireless environments for predatory infiltration signals; off-site data storage accessible only by DHNs; etc.)

34. Senior citizens -- technology application services

35. Systems testing and certification -- DHN compliance with standards and protocols; detection of signal contamination or intentional bugging/surveillance; problem diagnosis (where corruption has entered a system and what are the sources)

36. Technology to analyze air and water for pathogens and intelligent removal systems

37. Telephone companies

38. Telephone number services -- online and CD-ROM

39. Television broadcast networks and stations

40. Training centers for owners of DHNs -- about intelligent computers, how they work

41. UPS -- consulting, sales, installation of units, systems, and extended-service designs

42. Virtual systems and networks -- design, configuration, consulting, assembly, and installation services for new and existing homes; includes panel location and upgrade planning, cable choice, central device location, entry configurations