I have NEST thermostats controlling the zones in my home and have found them to be very convenient since we are away from the home a lot. Everything I read suggests that the Ecobee may be better but since I have other NEST devices I have so far not switched over. I do worry about outages. I've noticed that when power outages have occurred the system fully reboots. However, sometimes it's not a power outage but a cable outage. This often requires a modem and/or router reboot which is done by using a reset button on the unit or pulling the plug and re-plugging. Some posters have suggested that a smart plug could accomplish this. I must be missing something. How can a smart plug be used to reset a modem or router if the in-house wifi has been lost? From what I can see they require wifi to work. Is there a WiFi independent variety? Thanks
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