Not just multiple cables, adapters too. Sure you can get a Micro USB to C and Lightning, but those things can be lost easily.

I've got about a dozen 10-15ft USB cables, and a handful of USB adapters, just juggle between my old and new mobiles, and when guests come over.

Around rural NW Oklahoma, I can see it sticking around longer than most others. It's more convenient for many as to not travel half an hour from town to town for an appointment, especially for elderly.

The other day I chose to use it, just to follow up on new meds I'm taking, to see how I was feeling. I was able to continue doing things at home while waiting for the doctor to connect.

I doubt this would slide with many other places of work, I'm sure my work wouldn't mind I continued working at my desk while "on hold" to talk to my doctor, then step away when connected. Less down time of my work, and more pay towards my pocket, all around less expenses. I can only imagine it's faster and easier (some exceptions) for the doctors.

The only solid answer is finding out what the current owner is using, and the speed test results, as well as the package they are signed up for.

Granted I never said it was good or bad, just stating a standard and proper large network, either it be in a large building or external, should have redundancies.

If a fiber line is cut, internet can continue flowing through other means until repair can make it out, either that is under an hour, or the next day. Out here in rural NW Oklahoma, if a line is damaged, and it's been raining heavily or snow/ice build up, you're lucky to get someone out there within an hour just to see the cause.

Good large networks, either internal or external, has redundancy. Either it's automated, or someone flips a switch to light up another line or route to keep things flowing, even if in a slower fashion, till the main line is repaired.

This is a rise going on, Suddelink/Optimum (same company, owned by Altice), ATT, and a few others are caught in this. People looking to move, told there's service, move in, and find out there isn't. I've witnessed this a few times on the edges of my town. Some are lucky to even get 3-6Mbs on a 12Mb plan with ATT.

Theory till practiced enough: What I'd suggest is before signing paperwork for buying a house, have an ISP tech visit and confirm there is service, and confirmed speeds to be expected. If all goes well, schedule a followup to install, after all the paperwork is done. This sounds like the most simple and legal option.

Theory 2: Home owners looking to sell need to start listing what ISPs are confirmed, by the ISPs themselves, when listing to sell. That way the home owner is still not in troubled mix, and the legal issues go to the ISPs who can't keep their coverage maps accurate.

My first thought is, no, not because of the movies and tv shows depicting robots causing mayhem of various sides of the scale, but how are the robots controlled and decisions made?

If by AI, well you can only imagine how much error they will have based on their programming.

Remote controlled, like they have been before, results in quick reaction delays.

Either or can be a scare tactic to get the upper hand and/or control a situation, while still having draw backs of general control use.

What ya know, just under their original price they started with...13(?) years ago with streaming?