I had the builder of my house run cat5, and it was something of a mstake for the following reasons.
First, the electricians didn't know the difference between running cat5 for phone service versus for ethernet. So the first time through, they ran all the cat5 in series. Ethernet doesn't work so well that way.:-)
Second (saw this elsewhere, but duplicating because it's important), use plenum. When it burns it doesn't release toxic gasses.
I saw someone mention 802.11 as an alternative. Wireless network protocols will always be vulnerable to timing attacks. In the meantime, it's much easier to just brute force the lame-ass crypto most vendors ship with.
I would have liked to have installed PVC conduits, but I never got very far in reseraching it. It probably would have been a good idea, especially since the electricians who installed this staple-gunned the cat5 directly into the 2x4's. Grr.
I used to get 24x7 ISDN service from Bell Atlantic which cost about $275 per month. After my CAIS/Covad DSL line came up (97 days late because BA failed to configure the first switch from the CO to my house correctly) I killed the ISDN line. The next month the bill arrived and since I'd cancelled service on the billing date I paid it. The month after, I got another bill and called to complain; they said "ignore it", so I did.
The month after that I got another bill which included late payment fees for the preceeding month. I called to complain; they said "ignore it", so I did.
The month after that I got another bill which included late payment fees for the preceeding months. I called to complain; they said "ignore it", so I sent a letter to the President of Bell Atlantic asking what the hell was going on. I got no response.
The month after that I got another bill which included late payment fees for the preceeding months. I called to complain; they said "ignore it". I bitched without success, escalated the call to the highest level I could to no avail other than "ignore it". So I wrote a letter to the State Corporation Commission explaining that I felt I was being singled out for bad service (remember 97 day delay plus dumbass charges) because I was going with another provider.
Within three days some suckup from BA was on the phone to me apologizing out her ass.
The point here is this: Complain to the bureaucrats. That's what they're there for. These PITA.gov employees don't have to work only against you, they can also work against those who are screwing with you. Use them.
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I had the builder of my house run cat5, and it was something of a mstake for the following reasons.
:-)
First, the electricians didn't know the difference between running cat5 for phone service versus for ethernet. So the first time through, they ran all the cat5 in series. Ethernet doesn't work so well that way.
Second (saw this elsewhere, but duplicating because it's important), use plenum. When it burns it doesn't release toxic gasses.
I saw someone mention 802.11 as an alternative. Wireless network protocols will always be vulnerable to timing attacks. In the meantime, it's much easier to just brute force the lame-ass crypto most vendors ship with.
I would have liked to have installed PVC conduits, but I never got very far in reseraching it. It probably would have been a good idea, especially since the electricians who installed this staple-gunned the cat5 directly into the 2x4's. Grr.
I used to get 24x7 ISDN service from Bell Atlantic which cost about $275 per month. After my CAIS/Covad DSL line came up (97 days late because BA failed to configure the first switch from the CO to my house correctly) I killed the ISDN line. The next month the bill arrived and since I'd cancelled service on the billing date I paid it. The month after, I got another bill and called to complain; they said "ignore it", so I did.
.gov employees don't have to work only against you, they can also work against those who are screwing with you. Use them.
The month after that I got another bill which included late payment fees for the preceeding month. I called to complain; they said "ignore it", so I did.
The month after that I got another bill which included late payment fees for the preceeding months. I called to complain; they said "ignore it", so I sent a letter to the President of Bell Atlantic asking what the hell was going on. I got no response.
The month after that I got another bill which included late payment fees for the preceeding months. I called to complain; they said "ignore it". I bitched without success, escalated the call to the highest level I could to no avail other than "ignore it". So I wrote a letter to the State Corporation Commission explaining that I felt I was being singled out for bad service (remember 97 day delay plus dumbass charges) because I was going with another provider.
Within three days some suckup from BA was on the phone to me apologizing out her ass.
The point here is this: Complain to the bureaucrats. That's what they're there for. These PITA