At 06:53 PM 2/14/00 -0600, David Scheidt wrote:
>>If you are installing new wire, do yourself a favor and pull CAT-5. The
>cost difference is quite low,
CAT-5 is selling for ca. $60 per 1000 foot spool at Home Depot these days.
one spool can get 2 independent runs of CAT 5 to most rooms in a reasonably
sized house; i just finished most of my house, and have a bit left over.
the main cost is the jacks. pulling the cable and leaving it unterminated
"for later" may be a reasonable way of controlling costs while getting the
wires place while the pulling is good. like David, i am providing for
100BaseT; it's the kind of weirdness that makes us networking wonks so
endearing (or something -- i know that bownes is talking about wireless,
which may have a little "my home network is cooler than yours" component to
it.)
cheers,
richard
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