HomePlug Powerline Alliance

In the arena of home networking research and analysis, Parks Associates are the acknowledged leaders, and Kurt Scherf is the doyen. When Kurt speaks, you listen. Recently, Kurt has been discussing wireline technologies with service providers and his conclusions are very interesting.

Concerns about ITU G.hn’s failure to build in compatibility with the dominant existing technologies on powerline and coax, Homeplug and MOCA respectively are now clearly being voiced.

According to an article published in the standard, 15 October 2009, recent conversations with European service providers have convinced Kurt that HomePlug has strong backing from that industry, which is the most important channel for wired home network gear today. "I do not think that the G.hn effort will fully succeed until they take into account HomePlug and build in some compatibility with it," Scherf said.

The article can be found here http://www.thestandard.com/news/2009/10/15/g-hn-home-network-standard-progresses