There was networking around long before the Internet was even conceived, let 
alone born!  Yes, technologies have indeed changed.  But there is another 
factor which you need to be mindful of, and that is the quality and age of the 
wiring system.

Domesticated wiring systems are probably vastly different in Australia, given 
that your appliances terminate very differently to how ours do.  But all the 
same, there are a lot of factors which I can think of which would influence 
whether or not trhis is a viable option.

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On 30 Nov 2013, at 02:37, Dane Trethowan <[email protected]> wrote:

Interesting.

There are two types available here, one for 500MBPS and one for 100MBPS.

I can see potential problems with this over long distances as described in the 
article David linked to in an earlier message, I'll have a talk to my supplier 
and see if I can arrange a trial of a few of these devices.

You mentioned that the system was trialled 20 years ago? Well that being the 
case then I think we need to take two additional factors into consideration.

Firstly a lot has changed in 20 years when it comes to technology so perhaps 
these Nine Adapters may have changed with the times too?

Secondly I don't even remember the Internet being in existence 20 years ago and 
- if it was - then it must have been in its infancy, this is Australia of 
course but the first I ever heard of the Internet was in 1994.


On 30 Nov 2013, at 1:14 pm, Gordon Smith <[email protected]> wrote:

> This concept was tried, and ultimately dumped over here because of the 
> problems David highlights.  We’re talking here about people trying to network 
> their homes via the AC supply system.  The original idea was to have adapters 
> which one plugged into the AC outlets, and the networking adapters then 
> talked to the computers via a standard LAN interface.  The system was, as I 
> said, extensively tried about 20 years or so back and it was ultimately 
> dumped.
> 
> Kind regards
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> On 29 Nov 2013, at 15:37, Dane Trethowan <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> okay thanks for the link, I'm not sure whether the systems described in this 
> article are the one's I'm thinking of, the article talks about power lines 
> and bulk distribution so time to continue doing some resarch.
> 
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