RE: Home Wiring Advice Sought

["michael.furlong" <ukha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Anthony

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Lots of info in the archives on this but here is my view=85.

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First you mentioned CAT6 it has tighter installation tolerances and more
expensive patch panels/sockets. For most requirements CAT5e is more than
adequate and a lot cheaper to buy/install/terminate.

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I first used fibre around 20 years ago for installation in large computer
room complexes=85.guess what 99% of it was never used and the 1% that was
u=
sed
has now been replaced by CAT5E. So I don=92t really see the point of fibre
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in
the home either.

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You haven=92t really said what you are trying to achieve but for our
client=
s
we concentrate on the services they want live from day one and then wire
fo=
r
those services with lots of extra CAT5E for future requirements.=20

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CAT5E is very flexible and can carry virtually all signals you could think
of with the appropriate equipment to drive the cable.=20

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For example it is possible to transmit HDMI over CAT5e=85ok it needs two
CA=
T5E
cables and some expensive boxes on the end BUT you can have the signal
anywhere you have two spare CAT5E cables. Try cabling a house for HDMI
everywhere and you will see why CAT5E is as popular as it is.

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I could go on about the need for alarm cabling, Home Cinema, whole house
audio etc but your question was about fibre and basically I just wouldn=92t
bother unless the additional cost was close to zero.

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HTH

Mick

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From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Anthony R. Gold
Sent: 27 November 2005 15:06
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Home Wiring Advice Sought

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I'm about to wire a new home and the installer will order a custom molded
cable bundle.  So far I've asked for two satellite grade 75ohm coax
(suitable for Tivo) and also two Cat6 data cables for ethernet and/or
phones) to run to all points.  The question is whether to add an optical
cable into the bundle for some unknown future use.  The cables are being
run radially from a single point in the house and many of the runs will be
difficult to upgrade later without damage to walls and decorations.

Thanks for any advice on the benefits of having unused fibre available
throughout the house for the future.

Tony


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