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If not, what are you waiting for? Don't let that coax jack sit unused while your TV/streaming thing competes with a dozen other devices for bandwidth!

Convert the entire network with a MoCA adapter before the coax splitter, taking the input ethernet and converting it to coax. (Some internet companies already do this.) Then you'll have 300+ Mbps uninterrupted speeds coming out of every coax port. All you need is a coax to convert it back to ethernet/Cate. And now that useless coax network is good for something again.

If not, what are you waiting for? Don't let that coax jack sit unused while your TV/streaming thing competes with a dozen other devices for bandwidth! Convert the entire network with a MoCA adapter before the coax splitter, taking the input ethernet and converting it to coax. (Some internet companies already do this.) Then you'll have 300+ Mbps uninterrupted speeds coming out of every coax port. All you need is a coax to convert it back to ethernet/Cate. And now that useless coax network is good for something again.

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[–] • 2 pts

Definitely the best option. If I was building new, I'd run fiber throughout. But I admit it's probably overkill unless you're running servers or something.

[–] • 1 pt

It won't be. 10Gbit will come to residential soon.

[–] • 1 pt

Haha, don't you need at least Cat7 wire to even handle anything above 1 GBps? Even a router that can handle that much is going to be expensive.

Most households don't need more than 50 Mbps (maybe 100 if they have multiple UHD streams), everything above that isn't needed or is lost anyhow from network inefficiencies. And most people are limited by their wifi speeds anyways.

[–] • 1 pt

You don't need cat 7. I already have a 2.5 gbe modem at my house and we regularly saturate the 1.5Gbits service. 10 Gbe will come soon and hopefully it will bring gig upload speeds to the home. It will revolutionize the internet when it happens.

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[–] • 1 pt

Cat 6 will work just fine. It's rated for up to 180 feet (plenty for most residential runs) at 10G, and you can get a 1,000' spool of shielded plenum cabling for $400. If you do need more reach than that, 6A will run about $500 and can span the full 330' of the ethernet spec.

Installed properly, you have everything you need for your current network, and when 10G gear comes down in price, you can simply swap it out and not have to run new cable.

[–] • 1 pt

CAT6 is plenty at the moment, the only difference between CAT5, 6, 7, is the amount of twists per inch. Fiber is for people that enjoy getting brainwashed in 4k.