[ale] Home LAN Cabling Components?

[James P. Kinney III]

I did a hard cost analysis on wireless vs. wired for LAN's a while back.

per seat cost for wired connection (NIC, wire from switch, cover plate,
cat5e jack, patch cable, grunt labor to pull wire, tech labor to install
plugs and ends) $55.

per seat cost for wireless (802.11b, a and g cost more; desktop and
laptop same cost) $65

Add to this the head end concentrator:
wired (8 port 100base-t switch) $40
wireless (max theoretical AP seems to 24, real world 10-12) $250

and the labor to set up head end:
wired: $30
wireless: $500

Total cost for a maxed out system (adjusted for wireless max = 8)
wired: $510 (8 connections)-> $51/seat ($250/seat for Gbit setup)
wireless: $1400 (10 connections)-> $140/seat

Cost per Mbit bandwidth (theoretical max)
wired: $0.51 ($0.25/Mbit for Gbit setup) 
wireless: $12.72 (@11Mbit)

Max distance at max speed
wired: 150m 
wireless: 15m (typical indoor home/office. AP placement critical) 

On Wed, 2003-08-06 at 12:54, Steve Long wrote:
> Delta has the complete kit with 1000ft of cat5e cable, crimpers, tester for
> $49.95
> 
> It is on their website on the right.
> 
> http://www.deltacomputers.com
> 
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