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IshKebabtoday at 11:47 AM2 repliesview on HN

> A new house bought today could have 10 phone sockets and 0 Ethernet sockets.

That's nonsense. Not in a new house. Maybe one from 20 years ago.

Anyway nice find. It's always annoying when there's a product that you know should exist but simply doesn't.

I'm currently trying to find a reasonably priced Bluetooth Auracast receiver so I can play audio to multiple rooms from my phone (no way am I investing in Sonos after all their bullshit).

There should be loads of these but the only ones I can find seem to be battery powered wearable devices aimed at tour groups, or hundreds of pounds.


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Lattytoday at 12:47 PM

The 10 phone sockets are pretty unlikely, true, but 0 Ethernet? Probably more common than not. If anything, modern builds are doing less ethernet than ever because they assume everyone is just using WiFi.

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zabzonktoday at 12:26 PM

Why would they have ethernet sockets? Only one of the four computers I own has one, and I've never used it. I don't think this is unusual.