A lot less expensive than a professional rewiring of an existing property. A lot less trouble than doing it oneself. And from what I've experienced so far, just as reliable. That's what I mean, since you ask so politely.
On 12 Nov 2009, at 14:49, Pat Farrell wrote: > cunobeli...@mac.com wrote: >> Or use Homeplug. Certainly not as neat, given the size of the >> adaptors, as having cables installed, but much less expensive, and it >> works. > > What do you mean, much less expensive? I'll agree that paying for labor > to pull wires in existing construction is expensive, but the OP is > talking about new construction, before the wallboard goes on. A 1000 > foot roll of CAT5 is under $100, and even Cat6 is under $200. > > You do not need junctions boxes in the walls for low voltage stuff, you > can just use mud rings. > > For new construction or serious remodeling, you can do a whole house for > the cost of a few homeplugs. > > Its been a few years now, but I dragged 1600 feet of cat5 through my 20 > year old house. It took a while, and I had to cut out a patch of drywall > about a foot square in one wall to get the bundles from the basement to > the attic (two story house). > > I also have Wifi, but real ethernet is very nice and tons more reliable. > > -- > Pat Farrell > http://www.pfarrell.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > discuss mailing list > discuss@lists.slimdevices.com > http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
