Powerline speed limit

[HCHTech]

Now that the competition has heated up a bit between Comcast and Verizon, I'm seeing a lot more higher-speed service at my mostly-residential client base. On the order of 60-100 megabits down is becoming common.

So, this has resulted in my running up against the practical speed max of powerline units. I've been using mostly Netgear 500's, but have also used other makes to a lesser extent. In any event, it appears that the limit of these things is definitely between 40 and 60 megabits.

I've started adding this to my standard discussion of powerline just to help align expectations with reality.

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

Good point about them becoming a bottleneck...I haven't seen a review in a while, but Tim Higgins site has a benchmark chart here...some of which are close to 200 megs throughput.
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanwan/powerline-charts/view

 

[Martyn]

Nice chart YOSC. Most of my calls are in villages so the power line adapters aren't an issue.

 

[frederick]

Powerlines are a huge bottleneck. In the next few years I think they are going to catch up to getting pretty close to Gigabit speeds under semi-favorable conditions.

 

[HFultzjr]

Good point about them becoming a bottleneck...I haven't seen a review in a while, but Tim Higgins site has a benchmark chart here...some of which are close to 200 megs throughput.
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanwan/powerline-charts/view

Nice chart.

Harold

 

[HCHTech]

Good point about them becoming a bottleneck...I haven't seen a review in a while, but Tim Higgins site has a benchmark chart here...some of which are close to 200 megs throughput.
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanwan/powerline-charts/view

Wow, I bow to your google skills - I was looking for a chart like this but came up empty.

Check out the TP-link unit, $45 bucks and 170 megabits! My Netgear 500 choice was half the speed at almost twice the price. Thanks, YOCS, have some rep!! (like you need it).


Edit: Hmm, Newegg has the AV2-600 pair for $72, Amazon for $66. Still, it's the best bang-for-the-buck choice.