Re: New home builders without wires

[Tom Deligiannis <tom.deligiannis () gmail com>]

How else would you distribute cable and sat tv? I would never buy a home or
build a home if there weren't hard wired services to the home. The last
thing I want to do is run all media streaming and internet surfing through
a wireless 5g connection.

On Wed, Dec 4, 2024 at 8:13 AM Joly MacFie <joly () punkcast com> wrote:

> Excuse my ignorance, but why, in this day and age, coax?
>
> Joly
>
> On Wed, Dec 4, 2024 at 7:14 AM Justin Streiner <streinerj () gmail com>
> wrote:
>
> > When we built our new house 3 years ago, I had the electrician pull Cat7
> > and coax to most of the rooms in the house, since it would be way easier to
> > do it before the drywall went up.  They initially resisted because they had
> > never worked with Cat7 before.  I struck a deal with them where I bought
> > the Cat7, they pulled it, and I terminated and tested it, and they were OK
> > with that.  Everything lands in the basement at our telco demarc sits, and
> > everything has been working perfectly since then.  The rack where
> > everything lands is also tied to the house ground.  I might consider 5G as
> > a backup to our terrestrial fiber option, but haven't gone there yet.
> >
> > The local electric utility tests our UPSs for free roughly once a month ;)
> >
> > Thank you
> > jms
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 3, 2024 at 11:53 AM Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com> wrote:
> >
> > > As some may remember from earlier this year, my friend was buying a new
> > > "semi-custom" home.  "Semi-custom" is a marketing term, meaning you get
> > > to
> > > choose (pay more) pre-determined builder options. It is not custom
> > > designed.
> > >
> > > The home builder was not installing any wired broadband utilities in the
> > > new neighborhood.  No cable coax, no telephone DSL, no fiber optic. The
> > > only option was wireless, with a special deal with a specific 5G
> > > wireless
> > > cellular provider.
> > >
> > > Originally, the builder's sales agent (i.e. the people working in the
> > > model home selling houses) said new homes didn't need (and would not
> > > have)
> > > a wired "demarc" location and no ethernet or coax outlets. Not my house,
> > > but I was surprised when I heard that. I like wired connections when
> > > possible for any fixed devices, and WiFi only for mobile devices.
> > >
> > > I visited his new house over the Thanksgiving Holiday.
> > >
> > > The sales agent was partially wrong and partially correct. Never believe
> > > the sales agent spiel.
> > >
> > > The built house came with exactly FOUR wired ethernet outlets in the
> > > living room and each bedroom/office (x2 Cat6 jacks each outlet). But no
> > > wired DEMARC, no coax outlets, and no wired broadband utilities in the
> > > neighhood. The wired ethernet jacks were needed because the wireless 5G
> > > base station ended up in an upstairs bedroom window for signal strength
> > > reasons. The in-house wired ethernet was needed for a WiFi extender in
> > > the living room.
> > >
> > > I wouldn't be happy, but it seems to work for his family. The 5G deal
> > > was
> > > cheaper than what he was paying at his old house.
> > >
> > > According to the real estate realtor, not the builder's sales agent,
> > > broadband is now in the top three things home buyers want to know. Some
> > > states require the realtor MLS to disclose broadband access in the home
> > > listings. Broadband access disclosure not required in this state.
>
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