On 23/05/16 18:42, Tim Lamb wrote:
Now the data connection thread has moved to the willy waving phase;-),
can someone kindly condense the advice (farmer level) to what is
required to future proof my Internet needs? Should I be laying in ducts
and cabling? If so, what?

Located in a rural lane, about 1 mile as the cables run to the exchange.
Fibre unlikely for 9 houses over 800m from the nearest cabinet.

Currently none of our TVs are connected to the Internet although they
have the facility. Devolo and wifi meet the i -pad, lap top, PC use but
I suspect will prove inadequate eventually.

Any thoughts?

If you lay in cable (cat 5e?) capable of at least 100Mbps everywhere -
no need to terminate it - just label it - that's good enough to move
video around, which is about as fast as you get...

Wifi is inferior as two or more devices on wifi contend.

Powerplugs sort of work, till they don't. Not sure what it is that
knocks them out but something does.

If you can terminate the star point of all the cables on a patch panel'

Its may be also worth wiring with satellite cable back to te same opint
to distribute TCV and satellite signals via a distriibution amp.

Telephones can run over cat 5 if you prefer fixed phones that cant get
lost...and of course if its IP VOIP works..



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