Date   : Sun, 03 May 2009 16:44:04 +0100
From   : mike@... (Mike Tomlinson)
Subject: Econet over UTP ?

In article <8D14D006E2A3472FAD0795CAAF00F6A4@...>, Mark Haysman
<jumbos.bazzar@...> writes

>Yes there is....the house mains earth. That's how it's working. Because it's 
>differential transmission, the induced noise doesn't affect it.

I understand it works cos of the differential voltages, but still a very
bad idea in my book.  At the least you're asking for blown line drivers
as there's no galvanic isolation, like there is with Ethernet.

Cat5 cable is so cheap there's no reason to skimp on the job.

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