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Re:Adding a fiber link to my home network by q3k on Sunday August 09, 2020 @05:43PM (#24103176)
You also have to consider the author is located in Switzerland, which has a much different construction style when compared to, say, California.

In order to actually lay wiring underneath a masonry wall, you need to rent/own a wall chaser, be aware of where existing cable runs are, and be prepared for a lot of work: prepare the room for dirty work (cover the floor and furniture, isolate the affected rooms from the rest of the house), do the actual cutting work, lay the conduit, re-plaster the entire run, re-paint it (sometimes re-paint the entire wall if you don't have a good color match), clean up. You're basically looking at an entire day of work if you're doing this solo, plus prep. And it's pretty much never doable in any rental.

Re:Adding a fiber link to my home network by timc3 on Sunday August 09, 2020 @06:35PM (#24103530)
I have been doing this in my house. Takes much longer than a day. For example I installed 2 Dolby atmos systems, with pipes for HDMI, network, power as well as 9 speakers - took many days in total.
Re:Adding a fiber link to my home network by tuananh on Monday August 10, 2020 @04:40AM (#24106936)
are hdmi cable durable? i have too many bad experience with faulty hdmi cables so i never think of doing this.
Re:Adding a fiber link to my home network by lostlogin on Monday August 10, 2020 @05:18AM (#24107172)
Having run a few to ultrasound machines, never have the plug coming out the wall, have a female plug on a wall plate at each end. That way a ruined plug can be fixed and a new wall plate added without redoing the drop.