Questions about the home network

Are you sure that thickness is sufficient? What does it look like in 20 years? For 100 meters of cable, the difference between CAT 5 and CAT 7 cables is just €15, which is not a convincing argument for me. Since we are building a house, €15 is nothing...

Alright, then do it for 15 euros. I don't have to buy the cables, I have them at work.... But I doubt that the real difference is 15. What was it about the slots now? And in 20 years there will be technology that utilizes existing cables to the maximum. Like DSL today, the cables are sometimes also 50 years old

The thing with the slots is no longer relevant, I expressed it incorrectly. Thank you for your help. I just believe that I can also invest a bit more money in "newer" technology. That’s why I would like to have CAT-7 cables. Although there are not yet suitable sockets for them, you can also use CAT-6 a sockets.

If you want to go into the future, then have (Leerrohr) fiber optic installed!

Hello swix112,

you can't go wrong with CAT7. The price difference between Cat5 and CAT7 has become quite small by now. A professional will always recommend CAT7, not because of the price.

Even though there are currently no CAT7 sockets available, a socket can be quickly replaced, whereas the cable cannot. Regarding TV via Internet, you are also on the safe side with this.

Telekom, for example, is currently preparing FTTH (Fiber-to-the-Home) for many areas in Germany, which means in the future you can have a fiber optic line laid all the way to your house by Telekom and thus have completely different bandwidth possibilities. Here, a Gigabit network via CAT7 is already practical.

Not everyone will need these bandwidths—especially in the private sector—but who really knows where things will go.

You can also run telephone without any problems over CAT7; just use the correct wires depending on whether you want ISDN or T-Net, done. For example, you could use a double socket for both PC and telephone.

Make sure to use good quality components (sockets + patch panel) and professional execution of the patch work—preferably with a test/measurement protocol by a professional—then everything should work and you will definitely be upgradeable for the future.

Hello,
thank you very much for your reply, now I have another question: Are there things to consider when buying network cables? Should one also pay attention to something with the network sockets? Apart from the fact that they should be CAT 6 sockets? As a patch panel, we initially planned to use a CAT 6 panel and upgrade later, does that make sense? Thank you very much.