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General

Before Smart Wiring? if you wanted to have more than one phone, pc or fax you had to install separate lines. But the structured cabling that Smart Wiring? is based on can also allow you to distribute all sorts of data around your home, including music, images and technology using the one system.

Much like the networking systems used in commercial settings, Smart Wiring? has become one of the hottest commodities in new homes. A recent Australian survey by the Housing Industry Association showed that the installation of Smart Wiring? in new homes had nearly doubled in just two years-up from 11% in 2004 to 21.5% in 2006.

It means that over Smart Wiring? (typically consisting of two runs of RG-6 coaxial cabling and two runs of Category 5e or Category 6 communications/ Ethernet wiring), music from a single entertainment system can be distributed to speakers throughout the house, video from one DVD player and one cable box can be accessed from every TV, and multiple incoming telephone lines can be shared among all telephones.