I've always pre-run all my coax from roof to wall plates. Installers have loved it. Only once did a guy want to replace one of my lines, with his coax marked: "Perfect Vision 3 GHz." Dish install. Isn't Perfect Vision for DirecTV? Go figure.
Since my attic has had blown in insulation (worked out
wonderfully BTW, comfort wise and savings) since the original coax runs, I'll have to screw in crossbeams on the rafters and make a path to the far end of the attic, where the runs enter from the dish. With all the coax (sat & OTA), phone lines and Ethernet I've run, I might STILL need to run more. Sigh. And SWMBO wants to move the rec room 36" SDTV from an end wall to a side wall. Where I'll have to run even MORE. At least it's over the crawl space and will be relatively easy- one more base plate hole to drill and a wall cut & plate. Might be a good excuse to put in an HDTV and find a new home for the SDTV. And then there's the exercise room, where I never dropped a sat coax. And that extra guest room, where I could run a drop and move a Joey around if need be. This may give you a hint as to why I have a 24 port switch and another switch remoted off that, plus two wireless points. Getting Everything Everywhere Kicking Simultaneously.
Of course, all this assumes I move to H/J, but it's looking pretty likely around summer's end. All these wonderful wired connections, and all will be a negative, not a positive, when we sell in 15-20 years, as it'll all be obsolete. Sigh. The land line runs are already very close to obsolete. Double sigh.
Let's face it. I
LOVE doing this kind of work. Well, back outside to continue laying paving stones.