Eug
join:2007-04-14
Toronto, ON
4 edits | reply to Matt
Major HNPA rollouts said by Matt:I'm also interested in HPNA v3 or the new MoCA gear but can't find the stuff anywhere. Looks like AT&T (HPNA) and Verizon (MoCA) are snapping up all the gear for their rollouts. Hmmm... Interesting. I was not aware of this. (We don't have anything comparable happening in Canada.)
Hopefully this will ensure the widespread use of this type of hardware. Both HNPA 3.0 and MoCA seem to have a lot of potential. I had just given up on them since it has taken so long for anything to show up in the retail channel... and because I wanted something now.
BTW, I found this article from last year on AT&T's plans.
AT&T seems to think that powerline is faster but less reliable. I could see that. What I do think is ironic though is that AT&T thinks that wireless is the worst of the three. Ironic because nowadays, wireless is almost ubiquitous and it's quite cheap, yet it's still considered the worst.  I've now used HPNA 2, powerline 200 Mbps, and 802.11g, and I'd have to agree, wireless is by far the most irritating to get working properly.
said by huyvu:Eug - can I ask where you picked up your refurbs? I've seen the 85Mbps models for about $35 but not your models. I'm getting by with the older 14Mbps but there's not enough bandwidth to streaming MP3s and pics. I got mine of eBay. I have already received four, and I am waiting for 2 more. I sent you the link via PM/email.
P.S. I will have 5 powerline adapters in active use. (One of those 6 will be a backup.) Of the four I currently have plugged in, one of them is actually for my Airport Express for music streaming. My wireless signal is quite strong where the AE is located, but the AE itself simply is not that reliable over wireless (which is stupid, because that's its #1 job and marketing description). So, I'm using the powerline networking there instead, and turning off the AE's wireless completely. With the AE plugged into the powerline networking adapter via Ethernet, the connection for iTunes streaming is 100% solid. (I've only tested it a few days now though so YMMV, but it's definitely more reliable than the AE over wireless.)
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