phone line through mains

[shaolin101]

Hi All, Not sure if this is the best place - thought there was a home networking forum but i might have imagined it - or am going blind if there is one!

Does anyone use those mains adapters that proved a phone line from any plug socket? Any good? This is my dilemma.

My TV signal is through the telephone line with my broadband access (Homechoice). I want to move the TV to the other side of the room - this will mean moving the homechoice box and router also - but there is no phone socket over there. I could leave the telephone adapter in the phone socket and run cat5 cable right around the room but I am not going to - it will look a right mess and I am not knocking down half the house to put it in the walls!

I was wondering in the phone by plug socket would work. Do they carry broadband/Homechoice TV signals?

Many thanks

[pallison]

The one in Maplins is only suitable for voice or slow dialup connections....

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?...ender&doy=13m4 says.....

The speed of data transfer through the Wireless Phone Line Extender is between 22kbps and 33kbps.

[jason t]

hi i have a pair of the devolo high speed ones arrived yesterday i am willing to let you have them at cost as i have found a way of installing cat5


jason

[sideysid]

The Homeplug solution should be fine for your needs. With the plugs located in the same room you should get near the predicted network speeds. Its only when you stream across rooms that are futher away the speed drops.

And yes it would work. Your turning your mains into a network. Homechoice TV signal is Mpeg4 that would stream along this.