[ale] Slightly OT: Retro-fitting Gigabit Ethernet in House?

[Jim Kinney]

Pull cat6. It's worth the hassle. My AT&T now offers 5Gb and my basement
and second floor switch support 10Gb interconnect.

On Fri, Aug 12, 2022, 9:53 AM Neal Rhodes via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> Number One Son has bought existing brick house in Austin.
>
> He now has Google Fiber coming through the outside wall on the first
> floor.
>
> His office is on the 2nd floor.   Yes, for his job he can make use of
> the extra speed. The only provision for ethernet is some coax of dubious
> caliber.
>
> He's wondering if any of the powerline adapters really work at gigabit
> speeds.
>
> I'm thinking the path of least resistance is to:
> - Get Google installer to re-do, and bring Fiber in at the 2nd floor
> office.
> - Put Wifi router there for the rest of the house.
>
> BUT are there other options short of pulling Cat-6?
>
> regards,
>
> Neal
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