HomePlug, ITU9960, and HomeGrid

Despite work both in the IEEE and the ITU, there is still rancor around the powerline networking space, as Rick Merritt in EE Times writes. HomePlug supporters have indicated that one major problem with the 9960 spec is that it is not currently backward-compatible with HomePlug products already deployed (27 million nodes already). We will have representatives from both HomePlug and G.hn at our CONNECTIONS™ Europe Summit on Tuesday, so I imagine that we'll have an interesting conversation.

P1901 to ITU: "We got home network standard game, too!"

Why can I not get "Dueling Banjos" out of my head right now?

Following up the news that the ITU has approved PHY specs for the ITU-T G.9960 (formerly known as the G.hn work), the IEEE (and HomePlug/Intellon in particular) are touting their own success in establishing a single powerline specification. Are we there yet? We'll see - I've tapped some contacts at DS2 to see if they have some comment.