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Trouble shooting a relatives apartment I found the internet through his power line adapter was slow because it was connecting to an apartment four floors below.

Trouble shooting a relatives apartment I found the internet through his power line adapter was slow because it was connecting to an apartment four floors below... Who actually had a smarter internet connection but sadly at that distance the speed was reduced. I turned on the encryption pairings and that kept it in his own flat. He did have his own electricity meter but clearly all the flats were connected. I imagine in detatched houses less of a problem. In a large building there were literally 100+ WiFi networks visible so power line was a necessary solution rather than blasting through WiFi.

connicpu 3y ago
An apartment building probably saves on cost by using one transformer for the whole building, meanwhile detached houses usually each have their own transformer to step down from the local distribution lines. I'd imagine the signals have a hard time getting through a transformer.
- dtech 3y ago
  I don't know about US setups, but in my country there is usually 1 transformer for the whole neighborhood, with each house having a split off from the underground lines which are already at household voltage. So the distance to the neighbour is not that far. I myself had the same problem to a house 3 doors down, despite the tech promising a fuse box should be a barrier.
  - CapitalistCartr 3y ago
    Typically in the USA, there's 3-4 houses per transformer, but depending on the layout of houses, it can be from 1-6. Still a lot less than a big apt. complex. I know X-10 can pass up and down through a shared transformer. Luckily, the customers, two sisters, wanted that.
  - madphilosopher 3y ago
    Why would a fuse box / circuit breaker panel on its own stop radio frequencies from traveling down the wires in all directions? Filters would be required for that.
    - dtech 3y ago
      Maybe the electricity meter can theoretically interfere? Idk it's just what most resources say.

connicpu 3y ago

An apartment building probably saves on cost by using one transformer for the whole building, meanwhile detached houses usually each have their own transformer to step down from the local distribution lines. I'd imagine the signals have a hard time getting through a transformer.

dtech 3y ago
I don't know about US setups, but in my country there is usually 1 transformer for the whole neighborhood, with each house having a split off from the underground lines which are already at household voltage. So the distance to the neighbour is not that far. I myself had the same problem to a house 3 doors down, despite the tech promising a fuse box should be a barrier.
- CapitalistCartr 3y ago
  Typically in the USA, there's 3-4 houses per transformer, but depending on the layout of houses, it can be from 1-6. Still a lot less than a big apt. complex. I know X-10 can pass up and down through a shared transformer. Luckily, the customers, two sisters, wanted that.
- madphilosopher 3y ago
  Why would a fuse box / circuit breaker panel on its own stop radio frequencies from traveling down the wires in all directions? Filters would be required for that.
  - dtech 3y ago
    Maybe the electricity meter can theoretically interfere? Idk it's just what most resources say.