Episode #119
I am going to build a new house in Hawaii by myself in the next few months. I was wondering what type of Fiber optic cable I could used to be sure that it would be compatible with future growth. I know we’re a ways off, but this seems to be a good time to install it in my walls for hookup in the future.
Tommy, Livonia, MI
At this point it’s probably not worth installing fiber into your walls - the cost of fiber switches, routers, and computer interfaces is very high and I doubt we’ll see them in home use for some time. You be better off installing high grade shielded cat-6 or 6a ethernet cables into your home. These cables are capable of gigabit and even 10Gbps networking, and they should be enough for some time.
http://www.siemon.com/us/white_papers/07-03-01-demystifying.asp
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Air Date: December 7, 2007
TranscriptCaller Questions
- Colin, Moe, VIC
- Tommy, Livonia, MI
- Neil, Brandon, MB
Yewell's Jewels
- Volumousewindows
Volumouse is a unique and handy utility, that allows you to adjust your speaker volume by using your mouse wheel. In order to preserve other functionalities of your mouse wheel, the program offers several combinations, so that volume adjusting will only be used when for example an additional keyboard key is pressed. We liked the option best, which would automatically use the mouse wheel for volume adjustment when you move your pointer over the taskbar - anywhere else on the screen, the mousewheel has the standard functionality. There are various combinations available, including an option that will only use the mouse wheel for volume if Media Player is in the foreground.
Kate’s Tips
- Scrabulous for Facebook
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