How would you plug your Smart Phone or tablet into a jack?? In the last at least 10 years I have never stayed at a hotel that didn't have WiFI and I can't imagine one in this day and age that doesn't have it. Nobody would stay there. Security is a figment of some IT geeks paranoia.
I have never seen data jacks in rooms- I have seen jacks marked DATA that were really phone lines for dialup however.
Perfect example of what I'm talking about. Even eight years ago they should have known better. The laptop I'm typing this on now is about eight years old and has WiFi.
-Hal
Every hotel I have ever wired has a data jack above the desk. and a phone line in a 2 port plate. and a phone by the bed (with a jack there too). afaik, you cannot legally rent a hotel/motel room that does not have a working telephone.
Ive been out of the commercial v/d/v for a few years, maybe hard wired internet was a short fad/craze, maybe you have only stayed at older properties that only have wireless.
The cat6 for the TVs, we've had more than one place request/require it, even when it was a complete conduit job. Go figure.
I know your love of cat6
; I remember you from the Sundance forum.
Even tho wireless is pretty good, there are annoying and hard to solve glitches with it. For example, every time my microwave completes a cook cycle (turns off), it interrupts the signal to my Wii. That aside, every residential wireless problem I've encountered is a low power router not centrally located trying to send a signal thru literally 5000+ sq ft of house. Doesnt work. Yet some clients will pay more for hard wiring before going to BB to get a more powerful router, even when the problem is explained to them. It doesnt matter that it makes zero financial sense; people want what they want.
I know from the military staying at the hotel where I used to do maintenance that much of their official business had to be done over a hardline; no wireless allowed.
Back to the topic at hand, imo you cant guess where people will want TVs and what not. The house we are selling, the only thing not completed is the cable drops. They are run from the NID and coiled up under every room. The next HO may pop them thru the floor like the previous one did, or run them in the walls. Most people dont care and Ive lost count of the number of 30' CATV cords run around baseboards in million dollar homes to get to the wall jack, which isnt anywhere near where the TV is.
Most resi v/d/v is an afterthought. I think bldg code requires one phone line, no cable, no internet. Ive seen many a new home wired that way too.
If I had to guess, I'd put TV drops opposite where beds are going, family room, dining room, and den/office room. Phone jack wall mount in kitchen and garage; master bedroom, living room. Nobody will care or notice tho, and that's okay; that's what 50' patch cords are for, right?
