AT&T Air Gig

[goaliebob99]

What do you all think about this? I am wondeirng what they plan on doing in neighborhoods where power is burried, like how it is common in the south and southwest.

 

[navychop]

Fluff piece.

But I did enjoy the "knee chopper" in the background. Where the steering wheel folds under the dash.

I suspect this is another sizzle with little steak.

And it looks like a LOT of equipment on each of those power poles.

 

[TheKrell]

I suspect this is another sizzle with little steak.

They're going to early trials this year (not necessarily with potential customers): https://arstechnica.com/information...ompanies-to-trial-broadband-over-power-lines/.

 

[mdram]

more and more rural power lines are buried to avoid damage from hurricanes, tornadoes, snow/ice, ect

heck some rural power companies are even running fiber for meter reading, my coop did.

as interesting as this looks i dont see it being viable in many areas

 

[navychop]

But it is a nice twist on the overhyped BOPL. I just have little hope it will be anywhere near as good as they say. Maybe not practical at all.

Might be another "second best solution."

 

[goaliebob99]

It's actually different than BOPL. As the AirGig articles say, it uses "mmWave surface wave launchers and inductive power devices can power themselves without a direct electrical connection. These devices create a multi-gigabit signal that travels along or near the wire – not through it.

 

[navychop]

I understand that. But it is tied to power lines all the same.

I also wonder if in the real world, it will cause interference, like BOPL did in the real world.

 

[goaliebob99]

I dont think so. If I remember right BOPL used frequencies near the ham bands and caused alot of RFI. 1.6 to 80 Mhz. This would be in the Ghz range where interference is less prone.