Telecom operators offer this functionality on their equipment.
A short sentence pronounced by Jean-Noël Barrot at the microphone of Europe 1 this Monday morning set fire to the powder. Would the government want tocut off the internet to the French» to achieve energy savings? A somewhat quick shortcut, far from the recommendations of the Minister of Digital. “It is not a question of asking operators to cut off the Internet at night but of generalizing hibernation in the settings of the boxes“, explains his entourage.
Telecom operators already offer this feature on their equipment, internet boxes and TV decoders. Thus, Orange already has devices for saving energy, with a standby mode. The Livebox 6 offers a “hibernation», which cuts all connections, and reduces consumption by up to 93%. For its part, Free highlights the planning of the extinction of WiFi via the Freebox Connect application and the highlighting of an energy saving menu on certain Freeboxes. SFR already offers automatic standby for the decoder after one hour. It has also undertaken to deploy deep standby for decoders from November, enabling energy savings of up to 90%.
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The only downside, to its measurements, the occupants of connected accommodation must remember to configure their boxes correctly, for example, so that the heating restarts at the right time or that the connected coffee machine starts up at the right time. Owners of connected alarms or surveillance cameras should also bear in mind that their equipment will no longer be connected while their internet box is on standby.
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