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Originally Posted by zx10guy
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Originally Posted by wdb
Yeah man! This is my philosophy too. I've had more than a few people look at me a little sideways but I still go with "if it can be wired, wire it."
Not to disagree but to provide a point of perspective; I wired my house in the early 2000's with then-state-of-the-art Cat 5e. People asked me why I didn't run fiber. Almost twenty years of bandwidth explosion later and I still don't regret not running fiber.
I totally agree that if Cat 6e is a small percentage more than Cat 6, spend the money. Maybe the rule of thumb should be "run the best ethernet available at a reasonable price."
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To clarify the quote you're referencing of one of my posts, I never advocated running fiber in a home. I have however been pushing for people who are putting in net new cabling to get at least Cat6 put in. I would say it'll be better to put in Cat6a. |
Why not 7 or 8? I ran 7, wasn't much more for a three story townhome, which didn't have any super long runs, but gg45 connectors work fine with all of my stuff.