I'm a keen shortwave radio listener and already pick up interference from this stupid idea. The power cables running through the home aren't designed to carry data signals and hence are very poorly shielded. I can already pick up a neighbours BT Vision screeching away, annihilating some of the shortwave bands.
Who needs to crack wireless when you can just tune in directly to your neighbours home network....
Unless of course you encrypt your data over the mains.
Until I read the fuss over on the Guardian's tech' blog I had no idea that Homeplug had such a bad effect upon shortwave....the problem is of course, Homeplug is now well established. It also works well and is convenient for many of us - unlike wifi. It is also much cheaper and easier to implement than running in a wired network around the house.
Homeplug is great, i gave up trying to get wireless to work properly. Where as homeplug was up and running in 2 minutes and has worked perfectly ever since..... Sonny Jim and Anonymous Coward should get out more.......
Hopefully these disgusting devices, these illegal transmitters of radio pollution and YOUR data will be taken off the market and the distributors punished severely as soon as possible. Equally worse are the people that install them knowing their effects - this is just radio frequency fly-tipping at its worst. Do we really have to suffer just because you can't be bothered to get your WLAN/WiFi to work and you can't be bothered to lay down a wire?! I'm All Right Jack - yeah! What a shame that OFCOM is as effective as wet loo-roll. Oi, OFCOM, can you HEAR ME?!
"Homeplug is great, i gave up trying to get wireless to work properly. Where as homeplug was up and running in 2 minutes and has worked perfectly ever since..... Sonny Jim and Anonymous Coward should get out more......."
So if you were deaf, it would be all right for you to play your music very loudly, so that the people next door couldn't even hear their TV - but hey - your can now hear your music, so they should get out more.
In my experience 85mbps homeplug is a damn site faster than 802.11g (through a wall anyway), and the Homeplug AV (200mbps) would no doubt be lots quicker.
Wifi is often just too conjested i find now days, Homeplug negates this issue.
YMMV but i'd definitely recommend, i've been running a 85mbps homeplug network for about 3 years now i guess (some of teh units are the old (interoperable) 14mbps standard) and i can't remember the units ever causing any network issues, plug and play as it's meant to be - everyone should get a good homeplug network!
Linksys WRT54G2 Wireless Router (802.11b/g, 54 Mbps, 128 Bit WEP, WPA2)
Linksys WRT610N Dual-N Band Wireless Router (802.11a/b/g, draft 802.11n, 300 Mbps, 128 Bit WEP, WPA2)
D-Link DI-655 Xtreme N Gigabit Router (802.11b/g/N, 300 Mbps, 128 Bit WEP, WPA2)
Synology DS409 4-Bay NAS Enclosure (USB, eSATA)
Netgear WNDR3700 RangeMax Dual Band Wireless Router (802.11b/g/Draft N, WPA, WPA2)
Powerline Ethernet standardisation effort still stuck
Sonny Jim
What about shortwave? #
Posted Thursday 23rd October 2008 14:33 GMT
I'm a keen shortwave radio listener and already pick up interference from this stupid idea. The power cables running through the home aren't designed to carry data signals and hence are very poorly shielded. I can already pick up a neighbours BT Vision screeching away, annihilating some of the shortwave bands.
Who needs to crack wireless when you can just tune in directly to your neighbours home network....
Nigel Wright
Homeplug? Too late! #
Posted Thursday 23rd October 2008 15:08 GMT
Unless of course you encrypt your data over the mains.
Until I read the fuss over on the Guardian's tech' blog I had no idea that Homeplug had such a bad effect upon shortwave....the problem is of course, Homeplug is now well established. It also works well and is convenient for many of us - unlike wifi. It is also much cheaper and easier to implement than running in a wired network around the house.
Anonymous Coward
@ Sonny Jim #
Posted Thursday 23rd October 2008 19:58 GMT
Get in touch with OFCOM, MP, MEP - these devices don't meet EU standards; the sooner they're off the market the better.
Dave Jones
Homeplug #
Posted Friday 24th October 2008 08:08 GMT
Homeplug is great, i gave up trying to get wireless to work properly. Where as homeplug was up and running in 2 minutes and has worked perfectly ever since..... Sonny Jim and Anonymous Coward should get out more.......
Nick Pettefar
Powerline Spectrum Destroyers #
Posted Friday 24th October 2008 09:21 GMT
Hopefully these disgusting devices, these illegal transmitters of radio pollution and YOUR data will be taken off the market and the distributors punished severely as soon as possible. Equally worse are the people that install them knowing their effects - this is just radio frequency fly-tipping at its worst. Do we really have to suffer just because you can't be bothered to get your WLAN/WiFi to work and you can't be bothered to lay down a wire?! I'm All Right Jack - yeah! What a shame that OFCOM is as effective as wet loo-roll. Oi, OFCOM, can you HEAR ME?!
Martin
@Dave Jones #
Posted Friday 24th October 2008 10:22 GMT
"Homeplug is great, i gave up trying to get wireless to work properly. Where as homeplug was up and running in 2 minutes and has worked perfectly ever since..... Sonny Jim and Anonymous Coward should get out more......."
So if you were deaf, it would be all right for you to play your music very loudly, so that the people next door couldn't even hear their TV - but hey - your can now hear your music, so they should get out more.
Not impressed.
James
More Chaos #
Posted Friday 24th October 2008 10:47 GMT
Didn't know they disrupted shortwave radio, but not I know I'm off to the shops to get a load...
Anonymous Coward
So Wifi or this #
Posted Monday 27th October 2008 09:45 GMT
Well I am tempted to ditch the wifi and stuff the neighbourhood.
I wonder what the transmission speeds are.
Andrew Luton
homeplug #
Posted Monday 27th October 2008 13:53 GMT
In my experience 85mbps homeplug is a damn site faster than 802.11g (through a wall anyway), and the Homeplug AV (200mbps) would no doubt be lots quicker.
Wifi is often just too conjested i find now days, Homeplug negates this issue.
YMMV but i'd definitely recommend, i've been running a 85mbps homeplug network for about 3 years now i guess (some of teh units are the old (interoperable) 14mbps standard) and i can't remember the units ever causing any network issues, plug and play as it's meant to be - everyone should get a good homeplug network!
Sorry shortwave people!
Inachu
A Germantown Maryland company has it! #
Posted Monday 27th October 2008 15:20 GMT
The trial is going along smoothly.