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etherSPLIT secrets

The web site at

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describes an interresting technology ?

"etherSPLITtm employs a patent-pending system that splits 10BaseT Ethernet and POTS (plain old telephone service) over four wires (straight or twisted pair)." "etherSPLITtm leverages all four wires in existing structures to deliver 10BaseT (10 Mbps) Ethernet as well as one traditional POTS line. The splitter system is enclosed in a simple wall-plate unit on the user end that includes an RJ45 jack for Ethernet, and an RJ11 jack for telephone. This unit, which replaces an existing telephone jack plate, is connected through the building's existing copper wire to an etherSPLITtm hub (or an etherSPLITtm interface unit that connects to any standard 10BaseT hub.)"

Anyone tried tríed that technology ?

Has anyone seen what their adapter hve inside them. Foer example their wall plate shown at

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seem to be very simple. What are those few components in it ? And is the hub splitter more complicated ?

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Appropriate newsgroups are comp.dcom.cabling, comp.dcom.ethernet, comp.dcom.telecom.tech.

Probably just a balun, or something like the splitters used with DSL.

My thoughts are that no one will want to go back to 10 now that most every PC has a 10/100/1000 NIC and most are running 100.

There already is DSL, and HPN. This technology will probably be as successful as Token Ring.

Someday there will be fiber to the desktop, and copper won't be needed.

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Not a balun, not a frequency splitter.

As for its uses it is used for retrofitting existing properties. Utilitizing existing copper that cannot support 100+ megabit speeds with standard ethernet. And using existing two pairs to split to three pairs using standard ethernet hubs/switches and no extra power supply needed. Apartment complexes, hotels, and cruise ships have all been installations for this product.

As for every electrical engineer that has seen the circuit, there first response is "it can't work".... "well, maybe".... "damn, that's clever".

thanks, Tom Dodge inventor of etherSPLIT

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