These days, anything with copper in it is expensive. If you doubt that, a walk into any Home Depot electrical department, where the wire is locked up tighter than Fort Knox, will prove otherwise.

I want to get wired access to most of my home. Problem is - I can only see 4 places where there is pre-existing cat5e cable junctions/connectors (interestingly I only see 3 cat5e wire ends in the ...

When it comes to networking these days, the vast majority of our devices are connected wirelessly. Beyond that, we’re all familiar with the Cat 5 and Cat 6 cables that form the high-capacity Ethernet ...

I should be moving to new(to me, not building) digs soon. While it's a given that I will run cat6, I'm debating if I should also run RG6 at the same time, since I'll be pulling cable at that time ...

Joel Keller spent more than a decade in IT before becoming a full-time journalist. He has written for The New York Times, Parade and others. A robust network is a critical component of business ...

In an effort to support cable television and surveillance video systems, not to mention enable high-speed Internet access, electrical contractors are increasingly installing coaxial cabling in ...