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    Belkin Powerline HD First to Reach Gigabit Ethernet Speeds

    Netgear's 200 Mbps Powerline Adapters Are $170 For HD, $150 for AV

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    06/22/09

    In reply to Belkin Powerline HD First to Reach Gigabit Ethernet Speeds
    It's Belkin... I'll be surprised if it works at all and downright floored if it performs anywhere near as advertised.


    I'll stick to my CAT5e.

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    06/22/09

    In reply to Belkin Powerline HD First to Reach Gigabit Ethernet Speeds
    awww, man. it's a belkin.
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    Image of discounteggroll discounteggroll
    06/22/09

    @Nick:


    my words exactly. facepalm

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    Image of sharkync sharkync
    06/22/09

    In reply to Belkin Powerline HD First to Reach Gigabit Ethernet Speeds
    Use to do this at Secom. We were lucky to sustain 9600. How times change.
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    06/22/09

    @sharkync: 9600MBps?! Holy shit! How come our network is so slow now?
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    06/22/09

    @skeksis: 9600 baud.


    kids...

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    11/17/08

    In reply to Netgear's 200 Mbps Powerline Adapters Are $170 For HD, $150 for AV
    These would work great for puppet theater. Two little oops-faced robos.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/17/08

    In reply to Netgear's 200 Mbps Powerline Adapters Are $170 For HD, $150 for AV
    And as an added bonus, they look like little maimed Michelin men.
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    11/17/08

    In reply to Netgear's 200 Mbps Powerline Adapters Are $170 For HD, $150 for AV
    So does this count as PoE?
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    Image of CaffiendCA CaffiendCA
    11/17/08

    In reply to Netgear's 200 Mbps Powerline Adapters Are $170 For HD, $150 for AV
    They require the outlets to be electrically connected, but how would I go about determing that?
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    11/17/08

    @CaffiendCA: Turn on the stereo in that room, the computer, and plug in the vacuum cleaner. If all of them shut off when the breaker trips, they're on the same circuit.
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    11/17/08

    In reply to Netgear's 200 Mbps Powerline Adapters Are $170 For HD, $150 for AV
    The man who truly achieves 200Mbps on his powerlines rides a unicorn to his recession-proof job each day. And Bigfoot's his boss.
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    Image of ErgonomicUncle ErgonomicUncle
    11/17/08

    @scarbrtj:


    The higher spreads are due partly to the thicker diameter of the power lines. Electricity goes faster the bigger the pipe it has to go through. There was a startup company in Texas years ago that wanted to offer internet, power and telephone right through the power lines. It's entirely possible and would be great. Except that there's giant corporations that run the internet and phone and electricity and they don't want to give up their infrastructure, plus its a big legality mess.


    But yeah, works fine. Hopefully this capability gets adopted in new communities or third world countries - imagine the amount of work and raw materials saved by running only one set of wires.

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    11/17/08

    @ErgonomicUncle:
    By all means, buy it. Try it. And see what I mean. I'm tellin' ya... 200Mbps ain't what this thing runs at...
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    11/17/08

    @scarbrtj: I don't think anyone has ever actually gotten the speed their ISP promised either. It doesn't mean that I'm dropping my cable modem and going back to dialup though.
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    11/17/08

    @BanMeAgainBrianLam: In real-world use, however, you're going to see 30-70Mbps, which has always been my beef with the "200 Mbps" claim. Go much more than 30 or 40 feet between sender and receiver, and the numbers are even more dismal.
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    11/17/08

    @scarbrtj: I top out arount 1.5 - 2 mbps real use on my "up to" 10 mbps ISP, so it's the same sort of thing.


    I agree the marketing sucks, but it's still better/easier than the alternative of wireless or pulling a wire.

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    11/17/08

    @BanMeAgainBrianLam:
    you top out at 200KB/sec downloads??? Time to get a new ISP.
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