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Broadband through your power socket..

[SG]BGA · 2001-05-07 19:36:00

Don't know if any of you have heard this before, but it sure makes for damn interesting reading. It would be especially good for ppl in outlying rural areas, far away from fibre optic links... http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1004-200-1494768.html http://www.smartnewsonline.com/2000/article/1114-elbolagen/01.html If this comes…

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#32 09-05-2001 12:19am

Kali

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yep.. ESB and Eircom had big plans for this about two years ago, unfortunaly as already stated the interference on the lines was just so great that usable signals couldn't be generated.
It has very much been put on the back burner at this stage if not scrapped entirely by the ESB.

The PLT (Powerline Telecommunications) group are the ones doing(who done) most of the research.. http://www.etsi.org is their homepage if anyone is interested in the protocol and how it works.

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