The Internet
of Things (IoT)
Includes Many
Smart Objects
For example, a smart refrigerator might send information to your smartphone about what’s
inside, so you can do a grocery run on the way home from work without having to go home
to check what’s running low. A fitness bracelet might measure your body fat and suggest
tailored fitness plans. Or a toothbrush might evaluate your brushing technique and alert
you to spots in your mouth you’ve missed.
There seems to be no limit to possibilities offered by the IoT. A leading networking company,
Cisco, estimates that the number of devices connected to the Internet will grow four times
to 50 billion by 2020 from about 13 billion in 2014. Those billions and billions of connected
devices – more than seven things for every person on Earth – will generate massive amounts
of data that can reshape the way the world lives and works.
We can look forward to a wide range of benefits from the IoT, including:
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No more passwords!
Devices will have fingerprint and retinal scanners to identify users.
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Healthier world.
Sensors will provide information about air quality, sewers, and other
locations to determine the impact of our activities on the environment.
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Better emergency response.
Cars will send details about crashes so emergency responders
can plan ahead.
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Improved health.
Pill bottles will be equipped to flash lights or send messages when a
patient forgets to take a dose.
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Increased safety.
Buildings will have monitors that measure the severity of earthquakes,
so occupants will know when to evacuate.
Wheat State Telephone has invested in a fiber network to make sure our
customers have access to the high-speed Internet required to take advan-
tage of tomorrow’s technologies. To learn more, visit
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Wheat State Telephone • 800-442-6835 •
There’s a lot of talk these days
about the Internet of Things
(IoT). But just what is it? The
IoT is a collection of objects
represented and connected
virtually through the Internet.
This means that ordinary things will be identified with electronic tags
that will allow them to send information to other devices, enabling
people to interact with the objects in helpful ways.
Landlines are Lifelines
Wheat State Telephone wants to
make sure your family can depend-
ably make phone calls in the event
of a fire or other emergency. That’s
why we strongly encourage you to
maintain at least one corded landline
phone in your home.
When you call 911 from a landline
phone, your address is automatically
displayed and operators can instantly
send help to that exact location. The
same cannot always be said of wireless
phone services. In addition, landline
phones work even if there’s a power
outage, and you don’t have to worry
about dead batteries or spotty
reception.
For safety’s sake, make a landline
phone part of your communica-
tions mix. For more information,
call us at 800-442-6835.
