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Reliability or things that make you go hmm ...
X10 has been said to work 90% of the time
Insteon works better (99% of the time?)
90% of 364 is 36.4 days failed
99% of 364 is 3.6 days failed
99.9% - .364 days (~8.7 hours)
99.999% - .00364 days (5.2 mins)
Notes:
While not strictly part of home automation, a rather important point to take into consideration when dealing with reliability. Some folks say that X10 works 9 out of 10 times. While I agree with the 90% number I don't agree with the 9 out of 10 times. I tend to see X10 and my other HA product work in long spurts with short bursts of failure.