There is every indication that homes will need a wireline backbone to support WiFi whose shortcomings, even the 11ac version, have become obvious with the increasing use of mobile devices within the home, the coming proliferation 4K capable devices and future bandwidth-hungry applications such as telemedicine and video calls. We have from day one supported the companies developing the G.hn home network technology under the umbrella of the HomeGrid Forum. At that time we first reported on G.hn in 2008, we thought that a better technology was needed for powerline and for telephone wiring, both of which the G.hn crowd promised along with faster networking over coax – although MoCA appeared to be filling that need – and still does.…