ClearWorld’s RetroFlex light poles, for example, help to improve public WiFi and expand the reach and intensity of communications through resilient power and high line of sight. The poles also provide real-time traffic monitoring and monitor sensors that enhance quality of life and safety in both urban and rural locations.
Before resigning, Wheeler specifically noted that the future of the Internet of Things relies on the openness of the internet. In a future where net neutrality is compromised, the IoT will suffer. Companies who are part of the IoT will have to adapt and possibly redesign their solutions to function in an internet that is no longer open.
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NET NEUTRALITY
AND THE INTERNET OF THINGS