Got a feeling that I've answered this WAY after everyone else... But... Sure, there MAY be a difference in supply phase (Red, Yellow or Blue phase) from neighbour to neighbour in the odd weird configuration, but that phase difference wont upset a ?VDC LAN card to ?VDC LAN card. I personally wouldnt, just in case their entire EARTHing has/might turned to custard, and the whole house grounds itself via your PC... This is possible (there's enough returns in a lan cable to do it) but I'd not like to be the one that unplugs it...
----- Original Message ----- From: Carl Cerecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 9:07 AM Subject: (Cat5 to neighbours (was Re: OT - JetStream and JetStart) > Jason Greenwood wrote: > > Bloody hell, I should run a length of Cat5 to my neighbours and charge > > them! Make my Internet access free... =) > > Just in case anybody thinks of actually doing this, I've heard that it > is a bad idea (read: fried components) because of the different > electrical ground potential (or something like that) in each house. > > Somebody with some electrical engineering knowledge (that's you Volker!) > could put us right. > > BTW, I'm impressed you spelt neighbours the NZ way not the American way! > > Cheers, > Carl. >
