now this is nice

[borat_sagdiyev]

powerline internet throughout your house

http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku_id=0926INGFS10085204&catid=21116&logon=&langid=EN

 

[~mr mixx~]

I've seen those before, but it's the electical interference i was wondering about that would have an effect on the speed of the connection. i'm sure they are protected against dirty power, but since i have'nt checked into that...one can guess.

 

[joxley1990]

Yeah we have a few at college. The computers that are connected to them do seem slower though..

 

[CompMan]

Hm.. thats pretty cool, I wonder how good they are. If anyone has one share how well the work with gaming.

 

[Bahawolf1]

Pretty interesting.. it'd be nice to see more work done on improving it.

 

[muz]

i saw them a couple months ago , apparently though if you live in a block of fllats in some cases your neibours can steal your internet
it probably depends on wiring , that would be good in big places like hotels that have free access to guests cos sometimes wireless isnt good enough to extend all the way accross a large hotel

 

[freestyler105]

Yeah, that's not exactly new. It is cool though. I might use that rather than running Ethernet cables through my house if I want to put a computer in the basement since the wireless signal isn't very good down there.

The only drawback is that it's expensive, 50 feet of CAT5 cable only costs ~$15 now.

This set has a better price, but I don't know what that means for quality:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16833124152

 

[Spec]

lol nice...yeah they are nice though.

 

[mark thorpe]

whats wrong with just buying a router and wireless cards? not hard to set up...

 

[freestyler105]

I don't get a good signal in my basement. If I buy a better card though, I might be able to get something better.