Thought I'd give an update on what I ended up doing in the end. The home build is nearing completion but I had about 2 weeks in early june to get wiring done.
From all over the house I ran cables to a single point in the basement. Its there that I will install a wall mounted rack cabinet next to where I will put my main 42U rack. Its also the demarcation point where the ISP (spectrum) will install their ONT and any other hardware.
I ended up doing 45 cat6a UTP runs, 2x MMF OM4 runs and 2 SMF OS2 runs. I also put 12awg wiring in walls and celiling in what will be our media room and also into a small den that we will have.
In the end I did not run any RG6 even though I had originally planned on it. I have a tivo for my cable tv and it broadcasts over ethernet to satelite units in the house so running ethernet is much more important than RG6. That said I will still probably end up running at least 1RG6 line from the basement to the attic to install an antenna if "Nextgen TV" aka ATSC 3.0 ends up being worth it. I'd then use something like a tivo OTA to also rebroadcast that signal over the local network.
It took 2800ft cable to cover the house and I feel like I did a good job of trying to make runs as reasonable short as possible while also staying away from as many electrical lines as possible and crossing them at 90 degrees when I had no choice. 1000Ft of cable on a spool sounds like a lot until you start doing 150ft+ runs. From my garage to my basement was the longest run at 180ft. Most runs where in the 45-55ft range. The shortest run to my second floor from the basement was 120ft. Also hillarious (or annoying) but the home breaker panel in the basement is on the opposite side of the house from where the mains power comes in and that is not a wire that you want to run Ethernet around.
in major tv areas I ran no less than 4 lines, to kids bedrooms I ran 2 lines. I ran 4 lines in the house for ceiling mounted APs, 3 for security cameras. In 2 area in the house I ran 2x lines for desktop Pcs at a desk area.
4 lines to each tv sounds like alot but I dont think its overkill. again I have tivo. some tv's have roku. Tv's themselves also have an ethernet port. I plug all thoes in and that leaves only 1 port free. or some HDbaseT distribution systems require 2x rj45 inputs. I thought it would be dumb to run 2 lines to a tv knowing that I will immediately fill both of those outlets with no extra.
I put fiber in the places where I was likely to have a high end personal PC, or media PC, or edge switch, or need potential future high bandwidth video distribution. God single mode fiber cables can be cheep despite also being faster than MMF cables but I did still also run MMF because tranceivers can be much cheeper.
In the end I spent 642$ on 3000ft of cat6a cable.
around 75$ for 250 awg speaker cable
around 75$ for 4x fiber cables.
Running all these lines took alot of time. The house was also really hot. Had all insulation put in and it was 95F over the weekend I did most of the runs. I also added some of my own batt insulation work to where the builder doesnt do it.
Once I move into the house I'll have the joy putting outlets for these runs into the walls and terminating the cables. I was asked by the builder not to terminate the cables or put electrical boxes on the walls for them so as to not confuse their workers.
There is an area in the house where I will be able to run conduit basement to attic once I move into the house but I did not do any before the walls were put up. Thats ok though because where I will run it should be easy to do when the home is finished.
So yeah. thats that. I ran all cat6a, no cat6, which in the end cost only about 120$ more. Easily worth it I think. cat6a is definetally thicker. I was able to squeeze only 6 lines though each 1inch hole I drilled before I though it got too tight. I did test out 8 in a 1inch hole but decided that was a bad idea even though they did technically fit.
I'm looking at something like this Tripplite cabinet to house the home's patch panels, 1u router ,2-3 switches, PDU, UPS and ISP equipment and probabbly cable managers.
Wall-mount cabinet secures and organizes 12U of 19-inch rack equipment in network closets, classrooms and other locations with limited floor space. Houses network switches and patch panels up to 16.5 inches deep.
www.tripplite.com
I am also still trying to decide if I want to build patch panels using all keystones or get a punch down panel or use a combination of the 2 since I will need something for the fiber lines anyway. not alot of cat6a UTP patch panels out there.
I also anticipate running some more lines in the house for my basement work area when I move in but that can be easily done. The basement is unfinished. I started all this wanting to avoid running dasiey chained switches and I think i ran enough lines and in enough places to do that.
I also have 2 dedicate 20a outlets run to my rack area for good power.