<story><title>Their secret for workplace Zen: Landlines and ethernet cords</title><url>https://www.wsj.com/articles/secret-for-workplace-zen-landlines-and-ethernet-cords-remote-work-11648220628</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>legitster</author><text>I bought a giant spool of Cat-6 cable and now I run around like Johnny Ethernet-seed upgrading my friends&amp;#x27; internet.&lt;p&gt;For most homes, you know exactly where your datahogs are going to be - computer desk, smart tv, consoles, etc. People are addicted to the convenience of running everything through the air, but an hour in a crawlspace and you&amp;#x27;ve got something faster and more reliable.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Nextgrid</author><text>Same here. Demonizing Wi-Fi (like some comments here) is not the answer; instead, understand its limitations and use the best tool for the job. Anything that can be wired (anything stationary basically) should be, so that you save the (limited) radio spectrum for the stuff that can&amp;#x27;t be wired such as mobile devices.</text></comment>
<story><title>Their secret for workplace Zen: Landlines and ethernet cords</title><url>https://www.wsj.com/articles/secret-for-workplace-zen-landlines-and-ethernet-cords-remote-work-11648220628</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>legitster</author><text>I bought a giant spool of Cat-6 cable and now I run around like Johnny Ethernet-seed upgrading my friends&amp;#x27; internet.&lt;p&gt;For most homes, you know exactly where your datahogs are going to be - computer desk, smart tv, consoles, etc. People are addicted to the convenience of running everything through the air, but an hour in a crawlspace and you&amp;#x27;ve got something faster and more reliable.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>sixstringtheory</author><text>Same here. I bought 1000’ of cable, a bag of 50 RJ45 connectors and a crimper for about the same price as the 2 50’ cables I was originally looking at.&lt;p&gt;Value of the knowledge on how to make the cables and have exact lengths: priceless.</text></comment>