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Security Cameras Lead Smart-Home Adoption

Networked surveillance cameras are leading the adoption of smart-home technology, Parks Associates said in releasing consumer-survey results during ISC West.

Nine percent of U.S. broadband households owned an IP/networked security camera at the end of 2015, and 4 to 5 percent of broadband households bought a networked camera in 2015, Parks said in citing its survey of 10,000 broadband households in the U.S.

From the article "Security Cameras Lead Smart-Home Adoption" by Joseph Palenchar.

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