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MoCA in Europe: Echobox promises Ethernet through your aerial, an end to Wi-Fi woes | News | TechRadar
Echobox promises Ethernet through your aerial, an end to Wi-Fi woes | News | TechRadar.
After building up so much momentum in the US market, MoCA is now starting to show up in Europe most recently with the Asheridge Communications Echobox which is being marketed from the UK for Cable TV users as well as Over-The-Air TV viewers. The Echobox is a nifty design that enables connections to Smart TV’s, HD set top boxes and online gaming consoles for customers who need a more reliable stable connection than WiFi can provide (see chart below). We hope to see the same growth of MoCA across the pond as we’ve seen in the US.
| ASH -EOC-01 – echoBox | 802.11n WiFi (3×3 MIMO) | Homeplug AV 1901 | |
| Best average network speed | 136 Mbps | 10 – 40 Mbps | 30 / 40 Mbps |
| Interferece Immunity | Excellent (with shielded coax cable). | Poor. Sensitive to RF signals, surrounding environment & neighbouring WiFi networks. | Weak. Sensitive to appliances, chargers, fluorescent lights, dimmers etc. |
| Download MP3 (1000 songs)* | 6 minutes | 10 minutes | 13 minutes |
| Download HD Movie (2hours DVD Video)* | 6 minutes | 12 minutes | 16 minutes |
| Backup (2000 songs, 5000 photos) | 37 minutes | 1hour 14 minutes | 1 hour 33 minutes |
| Furthest latency to your online gaming buddies | 6000km | 1000km | 1600km |
MoCA Looking to Tap into Europe’s Home Networking Market
MoCA is growing everyday in the U.S., thanks to Verizon FiOS and soon DirecTV and other MSOs. Now MoCA is beginning to turn it’s attention towards Europe. According to a study conducted by IMS Research, 56% of UK respondents said they had two or more coaxial outlets in their home and 27% reported three or more. France had similar figures of 55% and 25%. Poland had the greatest number of available outlets at 71% with two or more coaxial outlets and 36% three or more. The Netherlands – the most highly cabled market to be surveyed – had the least number of available outlets: 45% of respondents said they had two or more coaxial outlets and 15% with three or more.
The technology underlying MoCA provides the elements necessary to use this cable to distribute high-quality multimedia content and high-speed data, with throughput up to 175 Mbit/s. The MoCA Alliance will use this IMS Research data to begin developing interest for its home networking standard in Europe.
Read the article here.
