[RFI] AT&T Begins Testing High-Speed Internet Over Power Lines

[Roger (K8RI)]

If and When the grid fails (for any reason) Don't worry about your 
service as there will be no Internet and only antique cars on the roads 
as long as they have gas.

Solar panels? Gone with all solid state devices. Computers? Likely fried 
as well as all the new fancy ham gear.
We'll be more interested in food and staying alive than the Internet.  
Add staying warm to that. Old 2 and 3 tube QRP rigs will be the most 
reliable.
The old Collins and Hallicrafters equipment will likely still work, but 
those old rigs we power hungry even in standby. Certainly not the choice 
for running when power is limited.

As to on topic, the article has many inaccuracies.  Fiber is not limited 
to anywhere near a gigabit.  Rather than Gbs it should make close to GBs 
or faster Cables used for cable TV can beat the Gbs limit with many 100 
Mbs and many more slower connections connections running 
simultaneously.  I'd take tha article with a heaping spoon of salt, 
rather than a grain.

Speed limits on any service except dial-up are mainly limited by the 
equipment at each end.
IF this system is based on previous information, a coating on the high 
tension lines acts like a wave guide.

I find good old cat 5 to be far better than the best WiFi offered. They 
get to gigabit speeds by adding the limits of all three possible 
frequencies.  How fast they are in reality is much slower.  I'm in a 
rural subdivision and can see at least 7 or 8 networks. That limits my 
speed on WiFi to less than half the advertised rate. Usually it's only a 
quarter.

73, Roger (K8RI)



On 12/13/2017 Wednesday 11:47 PM, qrv at kd4e.com wrote:
> I heard them talking about this on the radio today.
>
> They specifically referred to "clamping on the existing
> power lines".
>
> The whole idea is to leverage the existing infrastructure.
>
> Of course, when the grid goes down it will take this with it.
>
> They also mentioned that it had been tried before but that
> they "Had it right this time".
>
> We need to know the frequencies they'll inject, the filtering
> of every device they will use/allow (including cheap Chinese
> devices the FCC/FTC allows to be imported), and how quickly
> and effectively will be remediation of interference.
>
> We need to put our elected officials on notice that we will
> hold them accountable if they allow this to interfere with
> emergency communications and other legal uses of spectrum.
>
> We will follow the money to know who is selling US out.
>
> Some dope who wants to watch idiotic movies via the internet
> is not a good reason to splatter RFI across America.
>
> If it's as bad as the previous efforts it may as well become
> known as "ATT's EMP".
>
> KD4E
>
>> This from the ATT press release scares me...
>>
>> “We think this product is eventually one that could actually serve 
>> anywhere near a power line,” said Marachel Knight, AT&T’s senior vice 
>> president of wireless network architecture and design, in an interview."
>>
>> "near the power line" not via the power line...
>>
>> 73s and thanks,
>> Dave
>> NK7Z
>> http://www.nk7z.net
>>
>> On 12/13/2017 07:21 PM, Steve Kurtzman wrote:
>>> Here we go again:
>>>
>>> https://www.reuters.com/article/us-at-t-internet/att-begins-testing-high-speed-internet-over-power-lines-idUSKBN1E70GB 
>>>
>>>
>>>
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