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Broadband over powerlines?

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    GhostInTheRuins
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    224Mbps for $1.50 a month :eek:


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    Shiny
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    Here is a good article on the state of BB over power lines.

    Basically the signal cannot travel through transformers and they
    would have to be bypassed.

    When the signal is travelling in the power lines they basically act as
    an antenna and transmit the signal causing alot of interference.

    Dont see it happening in Ireland for a long time even despite the
    fact that the ESB were trialing the technology.


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    cgarvey
    Registered Users Posts: 3,886 ✭✭✭cgarvey


    Won't somebody please thing of the childrencontention!


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    watty
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    Also PLT is blocked by any passing Mobile Radio user and jams LW, MW & SW!

    ESB lay fibre as well often now when installing. 1000 to 10,000 times PLT capacity and no interference either way.


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    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,481 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    strongr, i've edited your thread title in-line with the charter


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    AlmightyCushion
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    watty wrote: »
    ESB lay fibre as well often now when installing. 1000 to 10,000 times PLT capacity and no interference either way.

    Is there any sign of them using this fibre to provide some killer broadband?


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    watty
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    A large amount of non-DSL BB relies on ESB and ex-CIE/Esat (now BT) fibre. We'd be in a pickle without it.

    Iv'e not heard of ESB doing fibre to Kerb or Home though.


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    Davy
    Registered Users Posts: 19,340 CMod ✭✭✭✭Davy


    watty wrote: »
    A large amount of non-DSL BB relies on ESB and ex-CIE/Esat (now BT) fibre. We'd be in a pickle without it.

    Iv'e not heard of ESB doing fibre to Kerb or Home though.

    Some customers are :

    3ireland, cable surf, strencom, O2, irish broadband, meteor, ntl, digiweb, smart, chorus, vodafone, Crossan Cable, Magnet Entertainment, HeaNet, Verizon, Fastcom, permanet, Clearwire Broadband


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    Onikage
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    GhostInTheRuins wrote: »
    224Mbps for $1.50 a month :eek:
    Another mystery standard. We had some ascom kit a few years back rated at 205Mbps, not homeplug or powerlineAV. The rating was for physical layer, half-duplex. Slower than 100Mbps Ethernet. As you moved the modem further away from the "router", the speed dropped off sharply.


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    watty
    Registered Users Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    Running your own Cat5e cables and getting 1Gbps duplex is hard to beat. Without trunking I recommend running the shielded version and put metal cover plugs only at switch end (screen only earth at switch or patch panel).


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