What fiber to run for new home construction??

[voiceguy]

Greetings fellow tech folks. I am an audio engineer by profession; however I am also the GC on my home I am building here in Austin. Part of the work I will do personally will be to run all low voltage wire for security, data and telecom. I have done this for years on previous homes, both mine and friends. Although not a daily puller of cable, I am quite capable of doing this job. I see a number of “ALL IN ONE” cables today, however our home is only 2k sq feet, and all the termination points aren’t that far, so I am not really wanting to go that route right now on this home due to the expense of the cable… 6-11 dollars a foot!!

So I plan on pulling a ton of CAT5e/Cat6, Quad Shield RG6, audio in 4 conductor 16g-stranded etc.. The question I have is FIBER I want to run fiber, but unsure of what is the standard for residential construction. What will telecom companies like Verizon/FIOS require for me to have in the walls for distribution etc… Does anyone know what should be run at this point, since it’s so new? I find surplus fiber, or bulk fiber on eBay all the time, which is quite reasonable in price ($400 for 1500 feet…) but before I go and purchase something like this for the build, I want to make sure I am not spinning my wheels installing something that can’t be used.

Any help would be appreciated.

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jim kipping
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[tbrookswillys]

Question is who in your area can supply services of fiber to your home to even take advantage of having it installed.Cat 5e and 6 can support all that most residental areas have access to.Unless your using it with in the home to communicate one device to another.