Tuesday, June 14, 2005

Ethernet over Power - novel idea?

I'm just not entirely convinced that 'features' should appear on a 'news' website, especially when they cover a subject that is several years old. I'm talking about the article 'Home network on electricity wires' that made it's way onto the BBC Technology News page today.

Ethernet over Powerlines has been around for quite a few years, I know I've spec'd it for clients/friends before now. You can get anything from bridges to routers, wifi access points to networked security cameras.

Whilst I agree that this subject is something that consumers haven't really bought into as yet, and the BBC's 'Click Online' (a 'technology lifestyle program' broadcast on BBC World/BBC News 24) is right to cover it, I don't necessarily agree that this should be on the News Page. If it was about some new advance within the technology, fair enough... but it is just a review of how it works.

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