[ale] Future-proofing a house for networking -- what to run?

[Joey Kelly]

On Monday 11 September 2017 08:21:38 Alex Carver wrote:
> You future proof by running large diameter conduit to each of the drops.
>  Then you can pull anything you need in the future.

And if you use a normal-sized conduit, I am expert at shoving one too many 
wires through the teeny little pipe. Call me.

--Joey

> 
> On 2017-09-11 06:33, Derek Atkins wrote:
> > Hi Alers,
> > 
> > If you had the ability to future-proof your house (imagine open studs,
> > so you could run anything you wanted), what would you run.  Assume a max
> > of 6 cables per drop?
> > 
> > Last time I ran 4x Cat6A and 2x RG6.  However I'm never using both RG6
> > F-connectors, so I figured I could replace that with something else.
> > And before you ask, yes, I *AM* using all 4 RJ45 connectors in some of
> > my drops (and in one place I wish I had MORE Rj45).  So, what else
> > should I run?
> > 
> > My current theory is 4x Cat6A, 1x RG6, and 1x Fiber.
> > 
> > However I'm not sure what kind of "fiber" to run, nor what kind of
> > connector I should use.
> > 
> > Any suggestions or recommendations?
> > 
> > -derek
> 
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