Originally Posted by nkedel

I've got 1 server (effectively a NAS) and the backbone between the old part of the house and the addition on 10GbE. The former is "because I can" although it is nice to be able to saturate multiple 1Gb streams going out if multiple people are watching videos (not that any of the video streams I have are anywhere close, but VLC on Windows and Kodi on Android/Android TV both seem to buffer extraordinarily aggressively when they're using windows-style file sharing to get at the videos.)

The backbone was definitely worth it - saved me running a lot of copper between the sides of the house, and over a ~100 foot run it may not have saved me money but it was definitely worth it for spending less than 1/5th the time in the crawl spaces. Once I realize how much lighter and easier pre-terminated fiber is for very long runs, I never want to go back for longer runs and in-wall use.