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54 Megabits And Nothing On

October 08, 2002

Parks Associates of Dallas says that next year one-third of all new homes built in the U.S. will contain some kind of structured wiring built into the infrastructure of the house suitable for networking. Entertainment is the third-most cited reason that homeowners want it, behind computer networking and home security.

From the article "54 Megabits And Nothing On," by Arik Hesseldahl.

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