Why do I need structured wiring?
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The connected home market is expected to grow to over $1.7 Billion by 2005 from just $180 Million in 2000 (1)
* Driven by Broadband access, multiple personal computers and video feeds, and multiplayer gaming, it's expected
there will be 32.3 Million networked homes in the US by the end of 2007.(2)
* Forty-Five percent of all single-family homes built in the US will incorporate whole-house structured wiring by 2004.(3)
* The average new homeowner spends over $5,000 on entertainment, communications and comfort technologies when purchasing their home.
Regardless of size, location or cost of a home, incorporating minimum wiring standards
can add value to the home at resale and effectively ensure optimum access to all developing
home communication, entertainment, security and control technologies.
A properly designed structured cabling system will allow you to just plug into what you need, phones,
cable, video, audio, computers and other electronics all work with a standard network faceplate,
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anywhere in your facility or home. Things change, advances in technology and changes in your lifestyle or how
you want to use technology can be accommodated if you plan correctly.
Even if you are not interested in computer networking or whole home audio and video, it is useful to
think of how the housing market will evolve, and to consider that the future buyer of your
house may desire such features.
(1)Parks Associates research. (2)Yankee Group research. (3)Cahners In-Stat research.
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