HomePlug Technology

HomePlug technology offers connectivity within a building that complements WiFi wireless technolgy. It is also a "No New Wires" strategy.

Technical articles about HomePlug:

• Communications Design (EETimes)

In many large apartment buildings it will be more cost effective and reliable to connect an apartment over AC power lines. The cost of an ACAP HomePlug Ethernet adapter is expected to be about the same as a WAP when they ship this fall (2002). Linksys product announcements

The Consumer Electronics Association is threatening to back an alternative to the HomePlug standard which might lead to a standards war?

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