When you get ready to wire your home for technology infrastructure,  there are several questions you should ask yourself before you begin.  What type of cable will I need?  How much cable will I need?  Where will I run the cable?  How will I connect the cable to my equipment?  These are just a few of the question you will need to answer before you can begin wiring your home.  This is the first in a series of articles which you should find helpful for answering these questions and completing your wiring project.

The first question, "What kind of cable will I need?" is probably the most important when it comes to making sure your equipment and systems work properly when your cabling is complete.   Lets start with cable for your telephone and computer networks.  You may have heard or seen the terms Cat3, Cat5, Cat5e, Cat6, etc.. while shopping for computer network or telephone cable.  These are all categories of UTP cable (unshielded twisted pair).These category ratings refer to the signal transmission capability of the cable.