Data & Computer Networks
Flexibility and "future-proofing" are very important for the home. We now live in an IP (Internet protocol) world with your entertainment systems, telephones, computers and other domestic appliances are all starting to gell together, so it makes sense to wire with this in mind. Whilst there are wireless solutions, these are currently not as fast, secure or reliable as we would like. They are well suited to connecting portable devices such as laptops but for fixed devices and high quality audio and video steaming, wires are generally considered a better solution.
We therefore normally design a "structured wiring" system for your home. This has become common practice in business installations for many years because it offers complete flexibility. As the home becomes increasingly automated and communications driven it makes perfect sense to implement this type of structured wiring in the home. 
Sockets in any given room can be allocated to a number of different functions, (a phone line can become a computer network terminal and vice versa) and it isn't necessary to guess at how the system will be used because changes at a later date simply involve unplugging a wire from one socket and replacing it elsewhere.
Digital Satellite receivers require a data/phone line to allow all its functions, and the provision of spare computer sockets will cover this. More and more media content are now being "streamed" either around the house or from service providers. Over the next few years we will start to see plasma and LCD TV sets with ethernet connections as more and more content is delivered this way and the old analogue services are gradually closed down.
Our structured wiring approach also allows integration with door phones and security cameras. Door and security cameras can be seen on any television around the house, the door phone can be answered from any telephone in the house, and the door-release activated from a single button on your phone.
Broadband Internet
Much of the UK is now wired to allow a "broadband" connection to the internet. This provides an "always on" connection to 
the internet that can be delivered by Cable, Satellite or simply down your telephone line. The speeds of these systems are gettting faster and faster and are easily integrated and distributed around the house using our infrastructure. At these speeds, e-mail, instant messaging, Skype or other voice over IP systems as well as video and audio streaming are now common place.
