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Wiring a House While It's Still Being Built?
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?"
Nice. Way to karma-whore by leaving the best tip for a separate comment. Yeah, I'm sure you "forgot".
Well done, sir!
In 10, 20, or 30 years, 100T and probably fiber will be about as useful as RS232 is now.
They'll be less useful than that after we run out of oil and return to a barter economy.