There's been home-networking hoopla for years now. It's finally beginning to live up to the hype. More than 20 million homes currently have multiple PCs. That figure's expected to rise to more that 26 million by 2003.
Companies approach the home networking market with a number of competing technologies.
Except for Powerline, all the technologies currently have products in the marketplace. Of these, only Ethernet requires new wiring. HomePNA uses existing telephone wiring and jacks, and HomePlug uses existing AC power lines. Wireless, of course, does not require any wiring at all. Email this story Sponsored Links Priceline.