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To: Tech Head who wrote (1756)3/31/1998 9:53:00 AM
From: WTC  Read Replies (1) of 2063
 
TH, I think you missed the point of the data-over-powerline article in Multichannel News. This article points out the topological differences between typical European, Asian and Scandenavian power distribution grids and US power distribution, and correctly notes that in the US and Canada, the power distribution arrangements are not conducive to the NorWeb technology. The Nortel spokesperson notes that there are potential niche applications in the US for NorWeb-style last-mile technology approaches, specifically schools and MDUs, but those are certainly not the market that ought to be seen as the Holy Grail of data transmission opportunity.

Deployment practicalities are invariably the bump in the road when it comes to comparing and projecting penetration rates of new transmission technologies. NorWeb has a product in a box, but that has been true of cablemodems, wireless cablemodems, and xDSL equipment also for some time. Cablemodems have been working the low-band egress problem, a deployment issue, for years. VArious xDSL vendors and trial companies have been working the xDSL range and network compatibility (e.g., digital subscriber carrier systems) issues for years as well. I see no reason to expect Nortel will somehow be able to skip that timeconsuming phase with their North American sales and deployment efforts -- in fact, their current product looks less promising to take hold in North America than the competing broadband data service platforms.

Perhaps the headline to that article got it just about right: "MORE UTILITIES MULL DATA OVER POWER LINES." Right -- mull ...
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