When you do wiring...my suggestion (what I'm gonna do in my home) modular wall plates in as many places as possible (several per room) with at least:
Duplex LC
Cat5e/6 (two)
Coax-F
Two blanks
Wire with cable in-tube, one used for the above, one empty with pull cord
Any room with media, throw in an extra plate with hdmi and MTP (12 fiber to media/computer closet)
Pre-wire with cat6, fiber, coax
At least one independent 20A circuit per room for power (multiple for rooms with potential for higher loads)
Three phase to office and work rooms (plus normal)
There, future proofed for at least a few years--worst case, ANY current link type has media converters to run over fiber.
Can you tell I HATE running wire through existing walls?
Also (on my home wish list)
Media/computer closet with breakouts for all of the above, separate closet for UPS, both semi-hardened and shielded with physical disconnect and surge isolators on all copper
(preferably in separate room as part of "safe" room)
multiple servers with automated fail-over.
Not in the current house. It's job is to be habitable for 3-6 years (5 planned) until I pay off the entire property. Then yes, I will do a tear down and replace, and will likely do my own wiring runs. Probably pay a buddy electrician to bless the install.
For wiring, I'm still debating but honestly Cat6/coax/HDMI 1.4 SHOULD cover everything. Probably dual cat6, for installing a VOIP system. And be flexible enough to cover future needs. As for fiber, meh. Internally, no. I doubt I'll build a house large enough for Cat6 limitations to apply. Between portions of the property, maybe. Will try like a demon to put in channels, sleeves or pipe for the cabling. And yes, they'd all run to punch down blocks for ease for reconfiguration. Grounded metal pipes are preferred, obviously, but I'm aware of PVC piping with minimal grounded shielding around it (basically a giant cat5 cable).
Fiber is a PITA to deal with, and only has the advantages of distance and EMI resistance. If the equipment on either end isn't shielded, EMI advantage is near nill. If the equipment is < cat6 distance apart, distance advantage is near nill. We'll be using cat6 for a LONG time. It easily handles 10Gb ethernet and I suspect will be able to handle 100Gb ethernet in another 5 years. If I have requirements for more than 100Gb ethernet, I need to either bundle ports or build a dedicated structure for said requirements. Sure, it is future proofing the place, we both know a century from now, they'll STILL be making Duplex LC media converters. Just too much of it buried in concrete or through the countryside to ignore.
I'd give a lot for 3 phase, but I have a feeling it won't be offered at my property and/or hideously expensive (as in hundred thousand plus) to run it to my property. I don't make that kind of cash, and it'd be cheaper to rent/purchase a small workshop in an industrial area with a 3 phase feed already.
I'd love that kind of setup. I've sketched up virtually the same exact rig AND priced it out. Except mine would have a flywheel rig to act as an airgap and quasi UPS. My wallet just can't hack it unless I'm willing to overleverage myself. Which is the opposite of what my current financial planning is accomplishing.
^^^^ What, no Faraday cage room lined with copper mesh? Wave hello to the black helicopters for me!
... First off, that is the "radio frequency isolation and testing room". (Sadly, birdman or I would likely use it for that purpose too...) And second off, I'd probably be able to identify the pilot and curse him or her out for still owing me a case of beer. Third off... Ah, wait, damnit, seeker beat me to it.
Yanno... I'm not sure if it says something or not, but does anyone else find it interesting that the military-industrial geeks tend to have the same ideas?
brush hog on a small tractor.
Gotcha, will try to locally source someone with that rig. Timewise, I suspect it'd reduce the clearance work to maybe 5-10% of what it'd be to clear it all by hand.
