On Thu, 1 Feb 2018 20:15:02 +0000, (Roger Hayter)
wrote:

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They may well be as fast as a slow or medium Internet connection, but
they are unlikely to be as fast as even WiFi,

I would argue that point, especially when you are using WiFi in a new
build with foil backed plasterboard etc.

let alone Gigabit ethernet
for local network transfers.

Yes, great, *if* you can get some cable in there. Many (many) people
can't or won't so then what?

https://www.techadvisor.co.uk/review...eview-3610443/

They tested those at a RW 115Gb/s (FWIW).

And, of course, they are fundamentally
antisocial in causing widespread local interference at HF.

Do you have any information to support that assertion and that covers
all makes and models?

I wouldn't
use them for the same reason I wouldn't play loud music at 2 am or pour
oil down the drains. It's simply bad behaviour, even when legal.

Are we talking *all* PLA's or just bad / faulty ones?

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.ph...-adapters.html

And how many people actually listen to shortwave these days. ;-)

Cheers, T i m