Re: Broadband Over Power Lines ??

On Fri, 26 May 2006 22:08:04 +0000, Joerg wrote:
Hello John,

http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/HTML/plc/

I hope you can find the information you want there.

That is one problem they run into in Europe. However, ARRL mentions DSL
as one of the "good" technologies and non-polluting. Well, I have DSL.
When DSL runs it thoroughly drowns out strong stations around 6MHz that
I like to listen to at times. With or without an outside antenna. Phone
lines aren't very well shielded and the condition of the shield of a 30+
year old phone line that was just turned into a data autobahn is, well,
rather uncertain. Sometimes these shields look like glorified chocolate
wrappers.

When I ordered DSL, the gal said "we have to test the line". Apparently,
this particulat line had never been used for DSL, so they had to check to
see if it'd reach. It took about a minute, while I was on hold. I wonder
what that "test" constitutes, since this end just dead-ended at the
junction box. Check for reflections a la TDR, maybe? (it was a different
physical wire pair than the one I was talking on.)

Thanks,
Rich

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