<div dir="ltr">I need to get a new thermostat in my house, and I'd like something that is wifi and/or zigbee enabled so I can do some home automation-ish experimentation with it. One problem I've noticed though is that all the wifi ones I've looked at require you to sign up with a thirdparty that the thermostat talks to over the Internet to allow all the gee-whiz features. I'm not thrilled with that from a security standpoint, and while the service is often currently free, all the TOS I've read specifically mention that they may charge for it in the future, rendering the extra features I paid for useless if I don't pony up some service fee.<div>
<br></div><div>SO</div><div><br></div><div>Does anyone have any suggestions for thermostats that are either a) wifi enabled and play nicely on a local network w/o needing an external service or b) are zigbee (or similar standard ad-hoc wireless network) enabled and play nicely with a Linux-based controller?</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div><br></div><div>QH</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>