homeplug

[Alma J Wetzker]

Ken Moffat wrote:
> Collins Richey wrote:
>>On 10/16/05, Man-wai Chang <mwchang at i-cable.com> wrote:
>>>Is it going to make a stand? It's like wireless network inside the
>>>electricity network....
>>I must be missing something here. What is "it".
> 
> http://www.homeplug.org/en/index.asp

This looks more like BPL propaganda.  It is not secure, it produces 
radio emissions.  It is not necessarily cheap, or easy, if your property 
has any wiring anomalies.  It will get past the transformer, unless 
there are appropriate filters.

My opinion is that this is an attempt by some to get the BPL 
interference problem out of the way by introducing other products that 
produce the same type of interference.  Then they can claim that it 
already exists, so we should not be regulated for it.

Disclaimer:  I hold a ham radio license (KC0HDR).  This type of solution 
is interesting, but it relies on the assumption that a wire, is a wire, 
is a wire.  Having taken wires 1 and taking wires 2 (T TH 12:45 - 2:00) 
I can tell you that is not true.  Signal frequency makes a significant 
difference in the suitability of wires to certain tasks.  Electrical 
power wires are well suited for low frequency, high power applications. 
  And some types of appliances should get low-noise power (any signal 
data is noise).  Some types of appliances generate noise (interferes 
with the signal data).

     -- Alma