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- From: lukes@srv.net (Robert Luke)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Comunications through electric socket?
- Date: 30 Mar 1996 21:55:47 GMT
- Organization: HyperK a Division of Scientech, Inc.
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- In article <4jdfer$dp8@vista.hevanet.com>, mreiney@hevanet.com says...
- >
- >I tried one of the power line phone couplers.
- >Performance with a regular analog phone was disappointing. There was a LOT
- of noise.
- >You could hear the light dimmers hummmmmmm.
- >I didn't even try a modem. I found that my BSR X10 system operated on the
- same
- >or close carrier frequency. Every time a light switched on, there was a
- major
- >disturbance in the phone connection.
- >
- >Modem performance is bad enough with the best connection WIRE can provide.
- Suggest
- >you string a wire.
- >miker
- >
-
- Hey, I'm really curious to see what kind of a connection [i.e., how fast] one
- can get with a decent V.34 modem hooked up to one of those "power-line phone
- extenders.] Will someone with such a device try it out?
-
- My guess is that the performance would be laughable... even X10 control
- setups are really kind of a problem, IMO. As an HVAC technician, I think
- that controlling furnaces & etc. over a 120VAC line is a joke-- in fact, we
- often have to install a line choke on furnaces even when there is NOT a bunch
- of X10 "interference" on them. Most of the electronic equipment we use has
- expensive power conditioning in the power supply to get rid of this kind of
- noise... why would someone want to add more noise to their equipment?
-
- Anyway, if someone knows how a modem does over a powerline, post away....
-
-