On 9/27/21 1:35 PM, JORDI PALET MARTINEZ via NANOG wrote:
It may be still interesting in some remote areas if you can bring
fiber to the nearest medium to low voltage transformer.
The company that designed the chip set (DS2, a Spanish company), was
acquired by Marvell
(https://www.marvell.com/company/newsroom/marvell-acquires-ds2-technology.html
<https://www.marvell.com/company/newsroom/marvell-acquires-ds2-technology.html>).
I’m sure that they have many products (semiconductors) as a result of
what we did in the project, but I don’t know the status, which are
used in in-home PLC for sure. However, I’m not sure if there are many
device providers using them for PLC services, CPEs, etc.
Very topically for California is whether there would be enough bandwidth
to provide remote sensors on power poles, like heat, IR shots, circuit
open, etc. A couple thousand every pole or two would probably be way
cheaper than undergrounding which has its own set of issue.
Mike
