"randy" wrote in message
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So I will be building a new house this spring and am
looking at whether it is worth it to go with a
structured media enclosure or just mounting modem,
router, switches, voip box etc on a piece of 3/4
plywood on the basement wall.

Any thoughts?

Whatever you do will be either wrong or obsolete in a few years.

I would build a shelf or two in an area where or near the cable, phone and
or satalite dish is going to come into the basement. From there run some
coax and phone wire to the rooms and think about some cat5 or beter wire to
where the main computer and tv may be placed. Don't forget to install some
outlets near the shelf for the AC power.

You did not say if it was going to be in a finished or unfinished area of
the basement. If finished, you may want to build a big cabinet, but be sure
there is some way for the air to circulate in and out of it. Maybe a grill
type of sides and top.
As the boxes for the devices keep changing in size leave plenty of room and
ways to put in more wiring later.