HomeGrid Forum

Service Providers are Embracing G.hn

Key Service Providers are realizing the benefits of G.hn. HomeGrid Forum members include Chunghwa Telecom, British Telecom, AT&T, Telefonica and more.

Here is a recent quote from analyst Jeff Heynen of Infonetics:

“HomeGrid Certified G.hn was built from the ground up with Service Provider contributions around manageability, robustness, quality, and coverage in the home. All these issues are being addressed with G.hn. It offers whole home coverage for multiple HD IPTV streaming and no new wires need to be installed in the home. It could be a real game changer for Service Providers.”
Jeff Heynen
Directing Analyst, Broadband and Video, Infonetics Research

Major Retailer to Help Drive G.hn

It's a $13.8 billion problem and nobody know it better than Best Buy.  I'm referring to the cost of returns for computer equipment and home networking gear because of confusion, unmet expectations, incompatibility and difficult installation.  A single standard for wired home networking will go a long way to alleviating these issues.  And that's why Best Buy has joined HomeGrid Forum and the organization's board of directors. 

According to Best Buy's Travis Misterek, “One of the greatest challenges facing consumers today is the many incompatible technologies that exist for wired networking in the home. Best Buy supports the global adoption of the ITU-T’s G.hn next-generation technology as the single wired standard for connecting devices together over coax, powerlines, and phonelines in the home.”

Read the full press release.