Re: New home builders without wires

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

NDI or similar? I don't follow. Cable TV, Cable Internet and sat TV aren't
distributed (to homes) using NDI, they use coax.

On Thu, Dec 5, 2024 at 1:37 AM Joly MacFie <joly () punkcast com> wrote:

> > How else would you distribute cable and sat tv?
> NDI or similar
>
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 4, 2024 at 1:15 PM Tom Deligiannis <tom.deligiannis () gmail com>
> wrote:
>
> > 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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