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Old 08-07-2024, 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by villagetinker View Post
My understanding is that the Wi-Fi is expected to be located in the kitchen(?) above a cabinet, and this provides connectivity to all of the devices in the house. If I recall correctly this term started to appear for houses south of 44 and also as I recall these do not have the CAT 5 wiring preinstalled. For these homes there was one coax cables installed from the garage to the kitchen.
However, I completely agree with the previous comment to ask specifically what "smart home" refers to.
We are in lake denham.
1 Fiber from sprinkler cabinet to above kitchen cabinet to router-modem location.
TV coax from sprinkler cabinet to each room, 2 to the large rooms and lanai (not terminated in sprinkler cabinet)
No cat 5/6 cables anywhere.

When I asked what smart home ready meant they said the modem/router was in place with fiber to it. Thermostat already hooked to wifi. Really doesn't mean much of anything.
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