[geeks] Wiring question

[hike]

The latest Cat 6 would be best.  Cat 6a is officially recognized.  Cat 6e
is marketing.

In buying and selling  bstuffb, I have observed that the more
options/features a bthingb has that higher the used, selling price tends
to
be.
If you keep your house a long time (something I inferred that you do), you
will have adequate service throughout your ownership.  Probably, in 15
years (for a short-term mortgage) or 30 years (for regular term) Cat 6a
will be outdated.  That is, Cat 6a will last longer with truly functional
throughput.

The issue is to confirm that the contractor actually owns how to install
Cat 6a cable without harming its capacity.  This is probably not a
difficult thing to do when one is onsite.  Testing would be good to do
right after installation and before the walls are covered, if possible, as
well as part of the final inspection.

As with others, I would recommend running several Cat 6a cables to each
room.  The front end costs are outweighed by the need for more cable after
construction is completed.  (Since we always buy used houses, it can really
be a pain to wire stuff after construction is complete.)  If you have
unused cables when you sell the house, this becomes a selling pointbthe
next owners donbt have to do as much.

HTH


On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 10:30 AM, J. Alexander Jacocks
<jjacocks at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 10:27 AM, Rick Hamell <hamellr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Depends on what the "lump-sum" is. In this day of wireless everything I
> > don't see Cat6 being needed in the house.
> >
> > On the other hand, if you're planning on selling the house in a couple of
> > years it might be a selling point for some. It won't add any value to the
> > house though.
> >
> >
> I'd probably go for the upgrade, if the price was reasonable.  I have had
> very mixed luck, in houses, with wireless.  And, for backups and media
> transfers, I'd say that wireless is pretty much useless, no matter the
> frequency/version.
>
> - Alex
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