[TriLUG] Question about wiring a new home with Cat6/e

OlsonE at aosa.army.mil OlsonE at aosa.army.mil
Tue Nov 7 09:28:22 EST 2006


Thanks for the input. I know the builders use Cat5e, as I've actually seen
their runs (which are far from impressive). 

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Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Question about wiring a new home with Cat6/e

OlsonE at aosa.army.mil wrote:

>   - About how much would I need for the home? Ideally, I'd like to 
> have a jack in each room (bedroom / office / living / kitchen -- for a 
> total of 8
> rooms)

When I built a house a few years back, I had 3 runs of Cat5 put in to each
room.  One was terminated with RJ11 for phone, and the other two were
RJ45...it was nice having the flexibility of those three lines coming in to
each room...I miss it now that I have moved into an existing house that had
no decent wiring of any kind put in.  I would check to see if whoever your
contractor uses for phone does data as well...back when I built my house,
those guys generally didn't have a clue...but I think most do now.  I got
one of the network guys from RTI who does stuff on the side to come in right
before the sheetrock went up.  At the time, I think it only cost my a few
hundred dollars, including materials.
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