RE: Networking over electrical lines - homeplug etc

["Brian G. Reynolds" <brian.g.reynolds@xxxxxxx>]

Wasn't this mentioned quite a while back when the powers to be were
thinking
of using the power cables for web access till it transpired that the
contractors who were responsible for installing street lighting had saved
themselves some money by not fitting the required filters(?) into the lamp
posts therefore scuppering the whole idea.

There is an article on this somewhere but no way can I remember where.

All IIRC.....

B, struggling to catch up.....18 emails to go!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lardfest@xxxxxxx [mailto:lardfest@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 01 November 2001 14:16
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Networking over electrical lines - homeplug etc
>
>
> I stumbled across this website:
>
> www.homeplug.org
>
> It's a consortium of 90 companies (some very big names)developing
> standard, products etc for powerline networking.
>
> Basically you can get upto 14MBS over your existing electrical wiring.
>
> I for one am tragically quite excited at this prospect, devices (eg
> PC adapators etc) should be available "fall 2001" in the US.
Don't
> know about the UK.
>
> It transpires, as usual, that there are several competing
> technologies. Take a look at this article for a flavour:
>
> http://www.hometoys.com/htinews/oct01/articles/navin/navin.htm
>
> Very interesting....
>
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