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by worldofmatthew 1462 days ago
Something like this is what this is competing with; https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/314029740243

In the US, you will be able to get these cheaper than the product on Botblox and with better performance (both products require a pair). "20/12Mbps over a long distance of 1.4km"

The author might be more competitive when he managers to go $100/pair (which he mentioned in another post he plans to by Apr 2023).

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Yeah I'm really targeting directly embedded applications that will want single pair ethernet. Robot tethers and things like that.

$200 a pair is definitely possible. $100 a pair is probably possible in a year or so, I just can't place orders for the chips in bulk because of the chip shortage so everything is inflated.

DSL isn't it. Not anywhere as easy to embed into products as 2 wire Ethernet, and you miss PoE option.
Not a hard problem to solve as both are twisted pair and POE injectors are a extremely cheap.
tbh I don't think I'm really ever going to compete with the mass volume stuff on DSL. I think this is more for applications where space is the key motivator, rather than cost.