OK FWIW my 35 cents.
As a cableguy for 19 some years, I can tell you it's not that hard, anyone builing a house should slip in on the weeknd before they drywall and diy. Cost of materials less than 300 - 500 bucks US. Electricians typically here in the US run outlets and are charging 80-150 a outlet. Or a builder is including only 2 basic cable tv lines in the plan, which is so bogous. In some areas your local cable operator may be kind enough to come prewire it, I advocate strongly! Run home runs from each room with 3 items some rg-6 quad shield coax (direct tv TIVO will need 2 rg-6 into it), cat 5e line for phone, and a cat 5 or better netork, put all 3 in the same hole home ran to the basement panel where the utilities will come in, even tho wireless technology is come it's still nice to have a hard wired house, a drop in say a main halway for the printer fax copier. with a drop in every room and sometimes 2 in big rooms like living rooms or master bedrooms on oppsoite walls come in handy at christmas time. Put the cable modem or dsl or voip devices in the basement at point of entry then yu have maxiumum speed from the outside source. 1000' of cat 5 runs about 95 bucks, so do the math as a net admin for a drug rehab place we are spending 150 a run for a professional outfit to run them... not including extras like fishing a wall or floor. Theres a white paper I wrote on my site feel free to read.
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OK FWIW my 35 cents. As a cableguy for 19 some years, I can tell you it's not that hard, anyone builing a house should slip in on the weeknd before they drywall and diy. Cost of materials less than 300 - 500 bucks US. Electricians typically here in the US run outlets and are charging 80-150 a outlet. Or a builder is including only 2 basic cable tv lines in the plan, which is so bogous. In some areas your local cable operator may be kind enough to come prewire it, I advocate strongly! Run home runs from each room with 3 items some rg-6 quad shield coax (direct tv TIVO will need 2 rg-6 into it), cat 5e line for phone, and a cat 5 or better netork, put all 3 in the same hole home ran to the basement panel where the utilities will come in, even tho wireless technology is come it's still nice to have a hard wired house, a drop in say a main halway for the printer fax copier. with a drop in every room and sometimes 2 in big rooms like living rooms or master bedrooms on oppsoite walls come in handy at christmas time. Put the cable modem or dsl or voip devices in the basement at point of entry then yu have maxiumum speed from the outside source. 1000' of cat 5 runs about 95 bucks, so do the math as a net admin for a drug rehab place we are spending 150 a run for a professional outfit to run them... not including extras like fishing a wall or floor. Theres a white paper I wrote on my site feel free to read.