Definately do this! It is great. We moved about a year ago and I wired up my house.
Some things I'd do different:
Put a jack in every room - you never know when say you might have a baby and your former office turns into a nursery.:) If you put a jack in every room you are set for the future. I wish I would have put a jack in the kitchen - cause then I could get one of these slim desktop units in there and read the paper online in the am.
You can split the CAT5 cable to do data and phone - although I don't think it's 'right'.
Hubble makes some splitters as well that can take one CAT5 and either split data/data or data/phone.
Ask you builder about codes and if you need conduit. I didn't - I just used plenum cable and that was fine.
Somewhere in the house you'll need a punch down area - someplace to tie all your cable down and get it into a hub. Make sure it's in a good location. Mines in the garage.
Buy good quality cable. Once it's in the walls it's tough to replace.:)
I'm thinking this could also possible add a bit to the resale value of your home (depending on if you sell to another geek)
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Some things I'd do different:
Put a jack in every room - you never know when say you might have a baby and your former office turns into a nursery. :) If you put a jack in every room you are set for the future. I wish I would have put a jack in the kitchen - cause then I could get one of these slim desktop units in there and read the paper online in the am.
You can split the CAT5 cable to do data and phone - although I don't think it's 'right'.
Hubble makes some splitters as well that can take one CAT5 and either split data/data or data/phone.
Ask you builder about codes and if you need conduit. I didn't - I just used plenum cable and that was fine.
Somewhere in the house you'll need a punch down area - someplace to tie all your cable down and get it into a hub. Make sure it's in a good location. Mines in the garage.
Buy good quality cable. Once it's in the walls it's tough to replace. :)
I'm thinking this could also possible add a bit to the resale value of your home (depending on if you sell to another geek)
good luck