Nick_Pyner:
There is nothing meaningless about IoT, it might be exactly what you want to painlessly extend your local comms to the outside world.
As used by the OP, "IoT" is meaningless.
Because it is a buzzword that is thrown around without any understanding of what it really means in relation to this nebulous project of his/hers.
Perhaps you have a better crystal ball than me.
I have no clue what the OP is after and using IoT or Internet of Things in a post does not make it any clearer.
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