How else would you distribute cable and sat tv? I would never buy a home or build a home if there weren't hard wired services to the home. The last thing I want to do is run all media streaming and internet surfing through a wireless 5g connection.
On Wed, Dec 4, 2024 at 8:13 AM Joly MacFie <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -------------------------------------- > - >
