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What are you talking about? WiFi is not superior. It's easier to wire all the desktops in your home rather than hoping your WiFi reaches. Ethernet is not very expensive. USB-C is good because it can use many protocols and pretty much the only reasons it is bad are: people that don't know what they're buying and people making cheap, out of standard knockoffs that will damage devices. This is mainly a manufacturer problem and will probably be fixed by the time the majority of people have USB-C ports.


This depends entirely on the size of your house. We're easily covered by a single wifi router. We also don't have easy to rewire walls... (Yay 1910 era construction. :) )


If your 110V wiring is vintage 1910, you should consider rewiring anyway. I was involved in renovating a 1923 building, and the old wiring was neat, but terrifying. Pulled it all out, didn't even want to think about anyone trying to run power through it.


Yeah, we've already upgraded the electric. Definitely could have rerun ethernet then, but did not want to deal with moving any outlets. (Or, really, thinking about the problem hard. We have barely 1000 sq ft, so not hard to cover with wifi.)


You don't have to move outlets, just combine them.


If I want outlets where my computers will be, I would have to move outlets.


Depends on your 1910 construction. My house is 1920s wooden frame. Makes it easy if you're brave enough to poke holes in the plasterboard.


Fair. My point is a lot more valid if you are tying to put something that needs a lot of space, like hvac. Wires are probably not that difficult to get in.




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