| It is inappropriate to think that a wireless | | | | - Economical for the long term. The cost for each |
| connection is the only way to go. Every | | | | month for mounting Cat 5e voice and data cabling |
| connection has its own advantages or | | | | and RG-6 coaxial cabling into your house will be |
| disadvantages. For example: | | | | almost nothing over a 20 years mortgage. If you |
| The home wired connections are: | | | | are building or buying a new home, make sure |
| - Faster. As everyday passes, the technology of | | | | that the infrastructure regarding the wire |
| Internet connection is improving. Both wired and | | | | installation is made properly. It should be even |
| wireless connections are fast, but the former one | | | | better that you run for the newest wiring in the |
| will be always one step ahead. For example, a | | | | walls procedures. This doesn't mean that you |
| wired line can reach 1000 Mbps in speed, whereas | | | | won't have a wireless networking. You will have |
| wireless homes tend to be in the range of 10 | | | | one. But it will simply be different if you were |
| Mbps and soon 100 Mbps. | | | | wholly reliant on wireless for your networking. |
| - More reliable. Wireless connections tend to have | | | | The most prolific moment to install a network |
| fluctuations and interferences regarding the speed, | | | | cable in you house is during the initial construction. |
| the transferring of data and the signal. Wired | | | | Most of the times, the installation of such kind of |
| setups are stabler and more reliable. | | | | network is considered an upgrade and it's made |
| - More secure. Along with the freedom of a | | | | only at the new owners' orders. Installing a |
| wireless system, a latency of danger comes too. | | | | structured wiring system for a home can cost at |
| Why? Because the information is actually floating | | | | least $2,000-$3,000, and that's for starters. |
| in the air. And for someone who knows to grab | | | | The truth is that no house will ever be purely |
| it, the problems can be very big if you don't know | | | | wired or wireless. Every one of them has |
| how to secure it. In the case of wired Internet, | | | | different costs and demands and it is best that |
| you don't have to face this kind of issues. | | | | they coexist. |