Phonex Broadband's QX-202 NeverWire 14 uses the existing home A/C wiring to pass digital signals between Ethernet-enabled devices, without running new wire.
Quote from the review:
‘Welcome to the future of home networking. Phonex Broadband’s QX-202 NeverWire 14 uses the existing home A/C wiring to pass digital signals between Ethernet-enabled devices, without running new wire. This facilitates sharing a single high-speed Internet modem among multiple computers, sharing data files, streaming audio/video as well as playing interactive computer games between PCs.* The QX-202 allows you the flexibility to place a computer anywhere in your home or small office with flawless, uninterrupted high-speed Internet access, simply by plugging your computer into any QX-202 equipped A/C outlet. The QX-202 NeverWire 14 can also be easily installed by anyone within minutes. How does it stack up against the competition?”
Our take: Is this the future of home networking? Hardly, as AC/phone line based networking has been around for years and at a maximum throughput of 14mbps, the Phonex NeverWire is old stuff. Spend the money on a nice Netgear 802.11g router and experience up to 54mbps speed wirelessly without having to take up an AC adapter. The Techlounge did an outstanding review of this product, so they should be commended for that. Overall they give the NeverWire 14 an 8.5/10…I just don’t see why this is that exciting of a product.
