Could also be titled: “Why You Need MoCA”
May 27, 2009
Better Together: Wi-Fi and Powerline Networking – PC World.
PC World does make a couple of good points in this article: both Wifi and Powerline networking have some serious inteference issues. I’m sure they’ll get around to including MoCA in the discussion, but we definitely agree that the latest home networks will include coverage for laptops as well as media streaming devices. Wifi is good enough for data, but with so many signals using 2.4GHz band and range problems at 5GHz, dependable media streaming is out of the question. Having networking in your living room also make sense, but Powerline networking shares the line with other electrical appliances that cause disturbances on the network. This shows up as pops and clicks in audio streaming or glitches and blockiness in video streaming.
The next best alternative to a wired Ethernet network is a MoCA network and with more and more media streaming applications becoming available, MoCA will start getting the attention (and reviews) that it deserves.
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