Comment Re:Fiber (Score 1) 730
Run fiber or at least Cat6 copper. It costs more, and the Cat6 will work with much cheaper hardware, but if you really want to plan ahead, go with fiber and expect to pay some serious dollars for the networking gear that works with it.
Realistically, one of the things you need to look at is bottlenecks. If you want a very fast in-house network, fine. But if you expect to be using the kind of bandwidth that requires fiber to connect to the 'Net, you'll have to wait until the telcos start running fiber to people's homes as a matter of routine unless you want to spend a lot of $$$. I expect fiber to the house to be
fairly common within 5 to 10 years, but right now it tends to cost a fortune. Make sure to use tubing for any data cabling, copper or fiber, because it makes it much easier to pull out old cable and install newer stuff in a few years.
Best regards,
Oing!
Realistically, one of the things you need to look at is bottlenecks. If you want a very fast in-house network, fine. But if you expect to be using the kind of bandwidth that requires fiber to connect to the 'Net, you'll have to wait until the telcos start running fiber to people's homes as a matter of routine unless you want to spend a lot of $$$. I expect fiber to the house to be
fairly common within 5 to 10 years, but right now it tends to cost a fortune. Make sure to use tubing for any data cabling, copper or fiber, because it makes it much easier to pull out old cable and install newer stuff in a few years.
Best regards,
Oing!
