Hi Walter; It was me who asked about the BPL device. I will rest a bit easier. It is simply a localized router. There have been intercom systems, phones and so on that utilize household wiring for years, without too much impact. I was thinking and fearing that it was a modem for some sort of community wide BPL. Luckily no. BPL shooting down powerlines on every street would create lots of interference but probably not this (unless it was in your house or nearby). There was an experiment of wide area BPL in Virginia but it's been scrapped.
73, Dave in Indy ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 03:33:20 +0000 (GMT) From: WALTER SALMANIW <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: [IRCA] BPL in the home Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 A few weeks ago, I mentioned that I've been to our local Costco and found that they were carrying a BPL home system.? One of our readers responded that he'd like more information about the unit that I found.? Sorry, I misplaced that email (I'm in between homes).? Last night I was back and took down the information from the packaging.? Recall that they use 2 to 28 MHz (yuk!) and that they pass Part 15 FCC guidelines.? It's made in Taiwan and retails for $109.99 here in Canada.? It's called the MegaPlug AV Network Converter kit.? www.actiontec.com? on the box.? Address of Sunnyvale, CA and Made in Taiwan.? 200 Mbps Powerline network adapter.? No part number or anything else on the box.? Anyone have any experience with the QRM produced by this unit?? I have no idea why anyone would buy one of these, when there are excellent Wi-Fi routers available (including at Costco) for 1/4 to 1/3 of the price.......Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
