[MLB-WIRELESS] ./: Can 802.11 Become A Viable Last-Mile Alte rnative?

[Tony Langdon]

> article in the age about power companies rolling out 
> telecoms...  talk 
> about the last mile.
> http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/05/10/1021002394645.html
> 
> I wonder if there is a possible synergy between data transmission on 
> power distribution equipment and 802.11b public access points? 
>  especially for country areas.

We'll see, though I have reservations about powerline distribution.  I don't
know if powerlines are that well balanced at the HF frequencies used.  If
this is the case, then they are likely to both radiate and receive a lot of
interference.

Wonder if I could DoS a PLC (powerline carrier) network by calling CQ on 7
or 14 MHz while driving past. ;-)  With the crap that some powerlines
already radiate (I know people who can barely operate because of powerline
noise), it's a wonder that PLC systems work at all!

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