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Q. The company I work for is interested in installing network cabling for residential homes in the construction phase (as the home
is being built) well I am supposed to make some brochure about this and I have no idea where to even start. Some of the things I now I need (text information) are: why is it going to benefit the consumer and builder, what are the perks of having network cable, and why is it easier and a more efficient way to connect to the internet. I am not asking you for the answers but I would like to know if you can suggest any web sites that I may find information about the questions I asked above.
Thank you for your time

A. This is a big question!

First of all, we are in the ‘Information Age’ and more and more households are using the internet and have more than one computer. Because of this, home networking is becoming commonplace and it is a more efficient method of connecting two or three computers to the internet over one phone line or DSL (Digital Subscriber Line).

The main benefits of installing the cabling during construction are the cost and ease of implementation. Cable is fairly inexpensive and installing it during the building work is far easier than trying to do it once the property is finished and decorated. I get a lot of email from people all over the world who are cabling their houses to connect PC’s together, and hiding cables in wall cavities or chasing out and re-plastering is not an easy task for them, unlike most office environments where this is not such an issue.

Another point worth raising is that residential cabling is not just for connecting PC’s together. ‘Smart Houses’ also use intelligent devices such as alarm systems, refrigerators and heating/air conditioning systems all of which can be networked to a controlling PC or accessed via the Internet when you are away from home. OK, you may be asking why would we need to? but it is starting to happen. And, of course, the cabling system can also be used for telephones, which makes adding an extension phone as simple as plugging it in at the nearest cabling outlet and patching it through at the panel.