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You're suggesting there is building code requiring the omission of data cabling. I'm not even sure how this would be phrased. Especially given that phone cabling is just Cat5 cable now.

Data cabling is omitted from new builds because it doesn't sell homes and is just a cost.

The only recent comparison I can think of is how some cities actually required lead pipes for drinking water for decades.

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> You're suggesting there is building code requiring the omission of data cabling

I don't think so. I think he's suggesting that without a code that does require it nobody is going to bother including it even though they really should.

Worked for a res-electrician for about 6 years. We would often strongly suggest that people run cat5e (it was years back now) to many locations for future proofing layouts and connections in the house.

Very very few people had interest in the slight added expense of the cable and labor to do as such -- all insisting that they only needed it to / from cable modem area to their aspirational wifi router location.

> all insisting that they only needed it to / from cable modem area to their aspirational wifi router location.

This is like turning down indoor plumbing and instead putting a nice heated, carpeted breezeway out to an outhouse you rent.

No I think they're suggesting that the code doesn't require it so it doesn't get considered or built.

If that is the case then it isn't a suggestion. It's just an extra cost on an invoice at the stage of building a home

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