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Wiring a House While It's Still Being Built?

Posted by Cliff on 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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  1. Conduits!!!! by KMAPSRULE · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Its Probably already been said, but Run 3" Conduits to each room from the Basement or a central Closet. This Way You can run Cat5 now, and In the Future you can run Fiber/Cat6/Flavor of the day with a simple tug-of-a-string.

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  2. just pipe conduits by avoelker · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Just pipe PVC conduits around your home with junctions at reasonable locations. Then, when the need arises run what is best at the time in the future. Done.

  3. Conduit by billh · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Run conduit. Everywhere. Run it all to the basement, if available. Run it to the attic, just in case. PVC is cheap, buy a lot.