Section 06 of 06
Indoors
Where the gigabit usually goes missing.
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The last three metres
A gigabit into the hallway is routinely undone by the wireless inside the house. The bottleneck is behind the front door far more often than in front of it.
Where the router goes
Usually where the socket is, which is usually the worst place in the building.
Wiring a house
Structured cable as the unglamorous answer to a wireless problem.
The other five sections
Route
Trench, duct and pole — getting the cable down the street.
The Joint
Splicing, enclosures and the losses you cannot see.
The Split
Passive splitting and what the architecture costs.
Beyond Fibre
Wireless, coax, copper and satellite.
The Drop
The last few metres into the building.