What standard Ethernet cable for new house

themossinator

Hi - i wanted to get some ethernet points in a new house, just for streaming internet, tv

Whats the recommended, cat 5? Or even cat 6? Does anyone know if theres a significant price difference between both?

thanks

gctest50

One way is to run a duct from each data socket right up into the attic

If you want to upgrade one point to fibre (for example) in the future, it would be very easy to do

In a few years it'll all be CAT23 for the holographic telephones n stuff

ED E

5e at the minimum. But really if you're going to the hassle of pulling cables fit CAT6. Its only slightly dearer but will last you forever.

yomamasflavour

Surely the benefit of putting cat 6 over cat5e is that eventually you could do 10Gigabit.
In that case you have to put in cat 6a and also terminate everything correctly for it (shielding/drain lines etc.)

I'd just put in cat5e it's cheaper/easier to install and in a few years if technology has moved along such that it warrants 10gigabit home networks - I'd then pull fibre lines instead.

themossinator

thanks all!

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Surely the benefit of putting cat 6 over cat5e is that eventually you could do 10Gigabit.
In that case you have to put in cat 6a and also terminate everything correctly for it (shielding/drain lines etc.)

10G Ethernet can run over CAT6 with a limit of 55 metres on the cable length, vs about 100m for CAT6a. 55m will probably comfortably cover most houses, since it's only the distance from the (wall + connecting cable length) back to the central switch that's important.

More significantly, compared with CAT5e, CAT6 will give you better performance if you end up using the cable with HDMI extenders. So definitely go with at least CAT6.