The 26 Things on Our Home Network

We switched our home Internet to Purple Cow (referral link), a Nova Scotia-based provider that resells Eastlink at a discount (we have a 100 Mbps connection for $60/month). This after years of beaming the office Bell Fibe connection across Prince Street from my office.

(Purple Cow’s customer support is primarily offered by SMS. So far, over two installs—one at Olivia’s, one here at ours—I’ve had nothing but top-flight response.)

The update of the in-home technology gave me some insight into the number of networked devices in our home (a number so great that I kept the same network SSID and password to avoid updating everything).

For posterity, here’s the device census summary:

• 8 smart lightbulbs (various vendors).
• 5 smart speakers (1 Amazon Echo, 3 Google Homes, 1 Apple HomePod mini).
• 3 iPhones.
• 3 appliances (clothes dryer, heat pump, dehumidifier).
• 3 computers (a Mac mini, a MacBook Air, and a Chromebook).
• 1 video doorbell (a Reolink).
• 1 EV charger (an EVduty).
• 1 Nintendo DS.
• 1 Brother printer.
• 1 thermostat (Google Nest).
• 1 Apple TV.

There are 28 devices in all.