[Starlink] On FiWi

[Sebastian Moeller]

> On Mar 15, 2023, at 22:19, David Fernández via Starlink <starlink at lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:
> 
> I remember that idea of distributing Internet to houses via power
> lines and the transformer issues, but there are not transformers
> inside a single house, are there?

It is not only transformers, but also different phases IIRC. Conceptually, being a shared medium, it would actually be good if PLC stopped at the per-apartment power meter ... it probably does not.


> 
> Ethernet over PLC can be an option inside a house, when walls block
> Wi-Fi signal from the main router in the living room. Of course, fiber
> would be better, but a couple of PLC modems is easier to get and it
> works more or less (I was getting 10 Mbit/s link).

Flat profile ethernet CAT6 cables are surprisingly convenient to fudge around in a way that while not beautiful is  not "an eye sore", and easily carries 1/2.5/5/10 Gbps ethernet full duplex (no TDM no FDM)... If you get them in white on a white wall they can be made inoffensive with little effort.


> Regards,
> 
> David
> 
> 2023-03-15 17:19 GMT+01:00, Vint Cerf <vint at google.com>:
>> that did not work in a test in Silver Spring, MD because the signals got
>> mashed in the transformer.
>> 
>> v
>> 
>> 
>> On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 12:17 PM Dave Taht via Starlink <
>> starlink at lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> I still think that ethernet over powerline could make a comeback, if
>>> they fixed the bloat. It was otherwise "good enough".
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