Wiring a House While It's Still Being Built?

Posted by Cliff on Friday March 12, 2004 @10:48AM from the updating-info-from-older-stories dept.

digitalamish asks: "Back in 2001 Slashdot had this Ask Slashdot about wiring a new house for networking. Some of the comments in that discussion talked about running fiber vs cat5e. It's more than two year later, I'm starting to build a house, and I'd like to update this topic. So, what's the current state of people's thinking. Is good old Cat-5e still good enough, is fiber a better option? What about other options like Cat-6? Or with the state of wireless, is wiring a house even worth it any more?"

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Plan for the future by El · 2004-03-12 10:54 · Score: 3, Funny

Run wiring for 802.11g to all rooms now!

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Re:Some thoughts... by bugnuts · 2004-03-15 07:34 · Score: 3, Funny

Also, keep in mind the fact that insects and rodents can't seem to resist those tasty tasty wire casings. There may come a time when some segments fail inexplicably.

Good point. You should definitely keep sharks out of your conduits.