Wiring A New House?

jbp123 asks: "I'm building a new house. Once the electrician has run the phone lines I want to run cat5e ethernet cable. I figure two drops to each of the 6 rooms with phone lines. I've never done this but my plan is to run the ethenet cable through the same path that the phone lines follow. I'll use up the rest of the 1000 foot spool by running a third cable to a few of the rooms. Ethernet cable is cheap. I found solid cat5e 1000 foot spools for $60 delivered so the decision to run cat5e cable is a no brainer. The question is should I run fiber? I really don't know how much the cable costs since I don't know what cable to use. It is much easier to run cable before the drywall goes in so I want to make an informed decision now. Ten years from now will I need/want fiber?"

Comments

Re:My experiences in wiring a new house

[Salamander]

Do Not use plenum, braided, or shielded CAT5e cable

On the contrary, do use plenum cable. Fire-safety precautions are just as important in your home as in your office and, as another poster already pointed out, plenum might well be required by local codes.

Most importantly, do not take advice from people who've already been wrong on one important point and who are not even willing to stand behind their advice. I'd take everything in the parent article with a grain of salt if I were you.