New Homes Come Standard with Wi-Fi

Wish you had a digital home of the future, complete with wireless networking and home controls? Playa Vista, Calif., may be the place to be

Each resident on move-in day will find a top-of-the-line wired backbone which allows for voice, data, broadband Internet and digital cable in every outlet in every room; a wireless network including a Linksys router with broadband Internet access provided by Comcast; and TiVo-ready jacks, so no additional holes need to be drilled or wires need to be run. The electric wiring can support Internet-enabled appliances and high-end entertainment systems, and can be upgraded to a wireless home-monitoring system that can do everything from control the lights to adjust the stereo.

"When you move into Playa Vista," says Derek Fraychineaud, vice president of Residential Construction, "you have a home LAN, a built-in intranet. You can hook up five, eight, ten computers and have wireless capabilities right from day one. You have digital cable TV, Internet access -- and you have the ability to build on that system. In other words, you have the digital infrastructure."

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HomePlug will deliver a 200-megabits-per-second

With the growth in speed from the newest wave of g-MIMO (Super G with Multiple Input, Multiple Output) antenna technology boosts wireless coverage so well, who needs it? I feel there is a place for this technology to help augment and further enhance connectivity options availalbe to home today. I am currently looking at different floor plans for a potential house I would like to build within the next couple of years. Do I need to completely wire it with CAT 5 or use the traditional electrical wiring?

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