Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!bu.edu!telecom-request From: portal!cup.portal.com!fleming@uunet.uu.net Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Residential Wiring Suggestions Wanted Message-ID: Date: 18 Mar 91 13:58:09 GMT Sender: news@bu.edu.bu.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 23 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 218, Message 4 of 12 I'm buying a new house. The interior walls aren't up yet, so now's the time to do any custom wiring I might want in the next ten years (assuming I don't get transferred or something...) I've already asked the builder to run 6-pair cable to every room (one voice line, one data/FAX line, an AppleTalk LAN, an intercom, and two pair for things I haven't thought of yet). Are there any special instructions I should give him? Serial as opposed to parallel? Is it worth asking for a punchdown block in the basement? (Given my job and my affiliation, I expect to buy residential ISDN as soon as it's made available.) I'd appreciate any suggestions. Thanks! Stephen Fleming Internet: fleming@cup.portal.com Director, Technology Mktg. CI$: 76354,3176 AOL: SFleming Northern Telecom BIX: srfleming X.500: ??? 7900 Westpark Drive, A220 McLean, Virginia 22102 Opinions expressed do not (703) 847-8186 represent Northern Telecom.