One of the characteristics of modern day office management is the need for flexibility, including the need to change partitions, room sizes, and location of desktop computers. I recognize the need for wire or fiber optic lines where very large data transactions occur (e.g., a large payroll operation, or a computer based design and engineering operation such as one might find at Boeing), but my interest was in much smaller operations, typically for an office with up to about 100 people, where business might be transacted away from the physical office building, in field locations, and where the demands for various services might change regularly.
There are many ways to skin a cat (sorry if that's not politcally correct, I actually like cats, as pets that is).
If the data demand is away from the office buildnig then that implies wireless, or finding an outlet. But that wouldn't affect the decision to wire the building or not. The remote devices can network with the devices in the building either way.
If flexibility with office arrangements etc, is the primary concern, wireless would be the way to go. But that doesn't mean HDR would be the best solution. I would look at one of the many in-building wireless solutions. I think Blue-tooth is one of these. The idea is the data pipe (copper or fiber) comes into the building and is eventually distributed to the various devices using radio, allowing the devices to roam about in the building.
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