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Wiring for me has been a waste of time. I spent a good amount of time wiring the house with cat 6 cabling. I had our TV on a hard wired network which felt great, no drop outs, no wifi noise. I then bought a roku box and left on wifi for a while. Its still on wifi, works great and kept it there. Family mostly uses wifi now, no PCs using the hard-won ethernet jacks.


Ya, my house is wired for cat5 but no point to use it. It just isn’t necessary.


To my surprise, my parents use the Cat5 cables I installed in their house 20+ years go.

In a brick house, wireless isn't a good choice for desktop computers and smart TVs.




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