This presentation was originally presented for the public at a local IEEE section meeting. I am convinced that home networks are becoming a real market. How this market grows and in what direction is something I don't care to speculate about on the record. Off the record, I find that the longer people use something and the more valuable it is, the more forgiving they are to complexity and will spend time and effort for something valuable. It's the same old carrot and stick.
Computers are a prime example.
They have supposedly gotten easier to use since the old DOS days. If anything they are more complex though certainly more appealing and attractive, but the complexity of a command line has been replaced with the complexity of a desktop. We have used it to highlight the value of networking is real ways. That big carrot has brought real consumer value to networking and made this topic draw you here to looking for information on how to network your home. I will also link to the original materials I used when compiling the information for the presentation.