10 Things You Should Know About Networking Two Buildings

"#3: Go absolute cutting edge for physical media

"Thinking for all future connections, select the best physical connection (usually fiber or multiple fiber lines) for what will be buried. You don’t want to have to dig it up or remove this connection once it’s in place. It makes no sense to run CAT-5 over copper when in a few years, you may remove this medium for the backend of most networks."

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