Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Custom Build Electrical Plan and NBN ready - help! 5Aug 05, 2015 11:18 am H220 I always recommenced you wire every room with data points (every bed room + living areas) - wire is faster then WIFI and you can a lot with it in the future. I'd be more inclined to say only wire rooms that need high speed, media rooms and offices. Most other rooms\devices can get away with wifi. Wifi is getting better as the technology grows and really with phones, tablets and laptops you would mainly be streaming video, not working on CAD files over the network so wifi would suit. Allows you to reduce costs as you only need to wire in for a couple of wireless access points instead of multiple ports per room. 802.11ac is on the 5GHz band and can get up to 1Gbps so could be just as fast as wired depending on the devices you use. 6 55311 Hi Mofflepop, I would recommend finding a building designer to prepare plans, they should design to your specified budget. The benefit is you can tender the project out… 9 20355 |