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Please can anyone give guidance on the cost of installing a data network? I had asked to be installed twin data sockets in LR and 3BRs, and my contractor has put in an additional cost for the labour that seems to me to be exorbitant. The plans were not specific on this matter, and the sparkie had given an overall cost that did not break down items. The cable is inexpensive and I had provided the hardware. I had had put in the cables as a contingency, particularly since it had been suggested to me that e-transmissions through insulated walls are poor, so I wanted to be able to wire phones and the like if necessary; tho actually the wifi seems to transmit ok.
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Received a visit today from Gigaclear. We are getting fibre to house in the next few months up to 1Gps both directions. As this was unexpected it has got me thinking about how best to network the house. Rather than cover everything in a thread i would like to ask our resident experts about how best to wire the house with cable. I have not worked out how many points i will need yet but it will be at least 16. I also have a cctv system that can use IP cameras I have three locations where i can set up the equipment. The first thing to sort out are the switches. As 16 port and above Gigabit switches get very expensive, i was thinking about two or three smaller switches. Then i thought about putting them in different locations to reduce the cable lengths and the cable jungle you get. Cable will be cat 6 or 7( will not be using the cat 7 connectors) and possibly fibre to link the switches if i can find them cheap enough. Everything will be wired through patch panels. Will having several switches impact performance.?
