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repurposing residential cabling infrastructure?
Having "cut the cord(s)" in my twentysomething year-old house, there are a lot of phone lines and coax running between rooms and throughout the house that are not used and not connected to anything.
Is there any way to use these for anything? Are there products on the market for this? I'm thinking intercoms, music systems, lighting, wi-fi extenders, security systems, smart-anythings, etc., that traditionally would not use phone line or coax.
It's all there. Lines are terminated, jacks in place, it seems like they could be put back into use somehow.
I'm sure I'm not the first one to have thought of this. Any ideas or comments or links to existing information?
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- spacemissingLv 72 months ago
The coaxial cables can, of course, be used for almost any RF signals for TV and/or FM radio.
They are less adaptable to other purposes, but there are a few possibilities.
Phone lines are probably not much good for anything else except intercoms,
unless the wire is Cat 5e or Cat 6, in which case you could use them for a nice wired LAN.
My advice is to consult a home theater installer.
