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Powerline adapter, what speed do i need?

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  • fred246
    fred246 Posts: 3,620 Forumite
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    The 500MBPS are the ones to go for. 1200 are far too expensive and not worth the cost unless you are doing some weird file transfers. You don't save enough to make it worthwhile buying slower ones.
  • spannerzone
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    I had some 200mbps home plugs and they rarely connected beyond 110mbps which sounds fast enough but the real throughput was less.... but still enough to stream iplayer in HD across the house. Whatever you get usually connects at half the speed quoted if you're lucky, like wireless.

    Mine went weird and started to lock up, seems as though mine were occasionally picking up a neighbour's homeplug causing some glitch. I swapped out my homeplugs but still got intermittent issues (had been running fine for a few years) In the end I ran a network cable from modem to the second room that needed a wired connection.

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  • takman
    takman Posts: 3,876 Forumite
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    britishboy wrote: »
    Thanks takman, do you mean running in the telephone/ethernet cable to the room and terminating it at a new box on the wall? And would the cable used be capable to run fibre optic if/when its supplied to our village?

    I have run a cat 6a ethernet cable from the router to a network switch and from there i have cables going to three computers. This allows me to access the internet on all these computers and share files and stream video between them and other devices on my network at high speed.

    You won't need the extra speed that cables provide but its worth doing it if you don't mind installing the cables because its a lot cheaper than multiple power line adapters.
  • jaybeetoo
    jaybeetoo Posts: 1,364 Forumite
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    britishboy wrote: »
    Am looking to extend my broadband throughout the house, and looking at Powerline kits. My incoming internet is only 15 Mbps (we do not have fibre optic unfortunately), so what speed Powerline kit would I need? Would I need a 1200 one, or is it overkill?

    How good is your house wiring? I tried some fast ones and they didn't work - kept dropping out and then wouldn't connect. Without trying them you won't know if your wiring is up to it.
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