OT: Home network

[shimi]

On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 9:20 AM, geoffrey mendelson <
geoffreymendelson at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Jun 23, 2009, at 9:07 AM, Shahar Dag wrote:
>
>  Hello
>>
>> I think (but I am not sure)  that I have hared about a network over the
>> electric network.
>> This means that you have the network already in your house.
>>
>
> They are slow, unreliable and create lots of interference to radio signals.
> Motorola had one called HomePlug, which was supposed to be used with their
> noninterfering BPL (broadband over powerline) system. The canceled the BPL
> because the comepting systems were so bad all were outlawed everywhere
> except the US, they may have canceled HomePlug too.
>

Just FYI, there is a new product around that at least promises a bit more :

http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=495008

-- Shimi
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