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nDeveloper says "We don't put telephones or cable in anymore. People use wireless devices & wireless cable boxes nowadays."
Recently purchased a home that has been completely renovated. The seller is the developer. I noticed there isn't a single phone, Ethernet, nor even coax outlet anywhere in the house. In our final walkthrough, we asked this, and this is the response we got:
"**We don't put telephones or cable in anymore. People use wireless devices & wireless cable boxes nowadays."**
wtf?
Doesn't the cable modem/cable box itself need to plug into a coax output? Secondly, I was hoping for phone jacks with Cat-5 cabling so we could wire the home up for Ethernet. Yes, people use wireless devices, but an Ethernet backhaul is still a thing, no? Wired security cameras/PoE devices? Are "landline" phones and cable TV now a wireless thing too?
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Now, I've been out of the consumer tech loop for the past 5 years. Last time I was in the loop, wifi mesh networks were shit. My cable modem plugs into a coax outlet. I have a 802.11ac etgear blackhawk router(with Roku and other devices plugged in via 1G Ethernet), also I have a wired access point for a dead zone/low service area. I also connect my desktop/workstation via a wired Ethernet outlet.
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We are probably going to get ATT Fiber instead of Comcast at the new place, so we might not need coax. I have no idea how a Fiber install works. Apparently the modem doesn't plug into a telephone jack like a DSL modem used to? Either way, I was hoping for phone/Cat-5 wiring or coax (so I can use a MOCA adaptor - ethernet over coax) to provide hardwired access points and PoE security devices.
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Even if there is old cat-5 and coax wiring in the house, I have no idea where and I don't want to start ripping apart drywall as guesswork. What are my options here?
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Recently purchased a home that has been completely renovated. The seller is the developer. I noticed there isn't a single phone, Ethernet, nor even coax outlet anywhere in the house. In our final walkthrough, we asked this, and this is the response we got:
"**We don't put telephones or cable in anymore. People use wireless devices & wireless cable boxes nowadays."**
wtf?
Doesn't the cable modem/cable box itself need to plug into a coax output? Secondly, I was hoping for phone jacks with Cat-5 cabling so we could wire the home up for Ethernet. Yes, people use wireless devices, but an Ethernet backhaul is still a thing, no? Wired security cameras/PoE devices? Are "landline" phones and cable TV now a wireless thing too?
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Now, I've been out of the consumer tech loop for the past 5 years. Last time I was in the loop, wifi mesh networks were shit. My cable modem plugs into a coax outlet. I have a 802.11ac etgear blackhawk router(with Roku and other devices plugged in via 1G Ethernet), also I have a wired access point for a dead zone/low service area. I also connect my desktop/workstation via a wired Ethernet outlet.
​
We are probably going to get ATT Fiber instead of Comcast at the new place, so we might not need coax. I have no idea how a Fiber install works. Apparently the modem doesn't plug into a telephone jack like a DSL modem used to? Either way, I was hoping for phone/Cat-5 wiring or coax (so I can use a MOCA adaptor - ethernet over coax) to provide hardwired access points and PoE security devices.
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Even if there is old cat-5 and coax wiring in the house, I have no idea where and I don't want to start ripping apart drywall as guesswork. What are my options here?
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