Excuse my ignorance, but why, in this day and age, coax? Joly
On Wed, Dec 4, 2024 at 7:14 AM Justin Streiner <[email protected]> wrote: > When we built our new house 3 years ago, I had the electrician pull Cat7 > and coax to most of the rooms in the house, since it would be way easier to > do it before the drywall went up. They initially resisted because they had > never worked with Cat7 before. I struck a deal with them where I bought > the Cat7, they pulled it, and I terminated and tested it, and they were OK > with that. Everything lands in the basement at our telco demarc sits, and > everything has been working perfectly since then. The rack where > everything lands is also tied to the house ground. I might consider 5G as > a backup to our terrestrial fiber option, but haven't gone there yet. > > The local electric utility tests our UPSs for free roughly once a month ;) > > Thank you > jms > > On Tue, Dec 3, 2024 at 11:53 AM Sean Donelan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> As some may remember from earlier this year, my friend was buying a new >> "semi-custom" home. "Semi-custom" is a marketing term, meaning you get >> to >> choose (pay more) pre-determined builder options. It is not custom >> designed. >> >> The home builder was not installing any wired broadband utilities in the >> new neighborhood. No cable coax, no telephone DSL, no fiber optic. The >> only option was wireless, with a special deal with a specific 5G wireless >> cellular provider. >> >> Originally, the builder's sales agent (i.e. the people working in the >> model home selling houses) said new homes didn't need (and would not >> have) >> a wired "demarc" location and no ethernet or coax outlets. Not my house, >> but I was surprised when I heard that. I like wired connections when >> possible for any fixed devices, and WiFi only for mobile devices. >> >> I visited his new house over the Thanksgiving Holiday. >> >> The sales agent was partially wrong and partially correct. Never believe >> the sales agent spiel. >> >> The built house came with exactly FOUR wired ethernet outlets in the >> living room and each bedroom/office (x2 Cat6 jacks each outlet). But no >> wired DEMARC, no coax outlets, and no wired broadband utilities in the >> neighhood. The wired ethernet jacks were needed because the wireless 5G >> base station ended up in an upstairs bedroom window for signal strength >> reasons. The in-house wired ethernet was needed for a WiFi extender in >> the living room. >> >> I wouldn't be happy, but it seems to work for his family. The 5G deal was >> cheaper than what he was paying at his old house. >> >> According to the real estate realtor, not the builder's sales agent, >> broadband is now in the top three things home buyers want to know. Some >> states require the realtor MLS to disclose broadband access in the home >> listings. Broadband access disclosure not required in this state. >> > -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -
