Sunday, January 4, 2009

The Eleventh Day of Christmas

...my true love gave to me, 11 network outlets




10 foot plus high ceilings
a 9 light chandelier
8 matching lighting fixtures







7 Doggie Paws
(in their tack room)

a 6 burner gas range


5 Doggie Tiles
(in their tack room)







a 4 leaf clover entry
a 3 rod towel rack
2 master bath sinks



and a telecom wiring closetOK. I'll admit to being a reformed tech head. And I'll admit that since we got DSL, I've dreamed of having network jacks as easily available as telephone jacks in every room. With every bloomin' wall open in the house, this was my chance.

The telecom panel and the wall jacks were absolute musts from the get go. With jacks most everywhere, I knew I wanted the panel to nearly eliminate the need to crawl around in the attic or crawlspace for debugging. And with this many wires, we had to get the BIG panel. It takes up half a side wall in a clothes closet.

Laura still has to stop and think why there's a network and cable jack over the living room mantle (in case we wall mount a flat panel TV there, which she's refusing to consider yet). And as for the one in the Tack room, all I can claim is it's there to be ready for a future, unexpected need. At least I didn't go fully overboard - the bathrooms and closets are devoid of these jacks. You gotta have some place to get away from information overload, don't you?

1 comment:

Jennifer C said...

Hey! You gotta have someplace to plug in the online grooming seminar when it's time to spruce those ladies up! I can totally see a use for the jacks in the tack room!!