Keep it simple

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Would be cool if building code standards included Cat5 (or even better, USB) along with the standard power and phone connections of new builds.

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Sure, but this isn't that. That requires actual work put in developing and simulating the product, these are just multiple antennae for multiple channels.

Source: ~~trust me bro~~ I work in semiconductors at a firm that creates RF chips

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Seems pointless considering the fire stop is made from something flammable.

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Its purpose is to slow it down, not stop it. There would be a chimney effect where smoke rises out of the channel and fresh oxygen is allowed to come in from below. The blocks here prevent that from happening.

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Oh, I'm not saying it's not functional in stone capacity. I understand the physics and what is trying to be accomplished with it, but unless it's done with pretty tight tolerance so any air leakage between the upper and lower spaces is as close to nil as possible, then it's not going to be super effective.

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Dude, this is standard framing that's been done for ages and is in tons of houses in the US. It works, and it's mandated by code for a reason.

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That one in the picture is $599 isn't it?

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I set up a mesh router pair a while back - super easy setup, and the speed is good enough to have multiple TVs streaming at once, and without needing to run cables between rooms... Worth it.

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You mean to say there are tiny little humans working inside all the chips in my devices??

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The problem with wireless isn't speed anymore, its stability. For a lot of applications that's fine since buffering and whatnot hides any hiccups. but gaming for example is a nightmare on wireless still.

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I'm not disputing any of that. I'm just saying that it seems like it wouldn't work super well.

I'm just some guy on the internet. I'm expecting an opinion. I don't wish to suggest we should do away with it because it's probably not the most helpful thing we could do; not at all. Keep it, use it, be happy and hold a parade.

I still think that it's not as effective as it could be because you'll always have air leak, and probably enough that putting a small hole in a fire break to run a cable probably won't make things much worse.

Code says you have to seal it, so that's what you'd be obligated to do. I'm only questioning if there's better options that would be more effective. That's all.

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Wireless tech has improved greatly over the last 20 years. Speed, latency, bandwidth, stability…all generally excellent. 15 years ago I wouldn’t have wanted to use a wireless mouse or LAN connection. Now? NBD. They just work. Still have issues with poor signal in some areas, but mesh range boosters take care of that pretty easily.

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$300 is optimistic and true for a simple cable run

Not all cable runs are simple

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Yeah, you got to skip over the “getting the wire there” part. If you wanted to replace all that line with cat 5e or cat6 so you can get full duplex gigabit speeds it’d be a much harder task than slapping some rj-45 end onto some old cat 5.

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My house was built around the same time and had the same feature. I guess VOIP stuff was beginning to take off and people still had land lines. I can't imagine much new construction has anything for phones.

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Twisted pairs go brrrrrr

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Wireless peripheral devices, sure, but if I'm streaming 4K with HD sound then I still want copper.

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Even shitty wireless will let you stream 4k. It only takes 50mbps. 802.11g came out in 2003 and can do 54mbps.

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No one should trust you if you don't know that since .ac we have had beam forming and it got better in .ax

This router pictured is a ROG Rapture GT-AX11000 Pro that has .ax

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That can be an advantage. Some of the enterprise-level tech has trickled down to consumer WiFi in recent years, which includes browsing between multiple access points. With several access points with relatively weak signal, you get signal right where you need it without broadcasting up and down the street.