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How would you wire a house for future internet use?

  • 31-07-2025 04:43PM
    #1
    Blisterman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,514 ✭✭✭


    I'm in the process of arranging a rewiring of a terraced house. It currently has only Virgin cable as the only provider offering anything other than low speeds.

    The plan is to run Cat 6 cables to every room of the house, from a patch panel in a cupboard in the centre of the house. Also wiring for CCTV cameras, internet access points.

    That, I all understand quite well. What I'm not sure about, is what cables I should run in the house to allow for Virgin and any future provider to be brought to that point? Ideally all the equipment would be located in the same cupboard in the house, and not have boxes and cables in the inside wall of the house. Is there a way I can run a coax cable to the front of the house for Virgin to fix into, as well as a fibre cable for future Fibre to the Home provider to fix into?



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  • #2
    dam099
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,216 ✭✭✭dam099


    I wouldn't bother with Coax from your central cupboard, Virgin are phasing it out in favour of FTTH too.

    The installers likely wont connect to the ISP fibre to pre-existing home fibre, best bet is probably a duct with a pull rope from the central cupboard to the likely entry point.

    Edit: I would also run CAT6 from likely entry point to the central cupboard, that way if there are any problems running the fibre there you can minimise the equipment at the entry point to just ODP and ONT and have the router in your central location.



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