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Hi suikoden! Excited for you and your hubbs! For budget wise, since you have time, I think just go and get as many quotations as possible - and make sure they are itemized. Then you can compare items for each contractor and/or ID. Make sure the quotations mention the dimensions (feet), so that you can compare the per foot cost (for a more fair comparison). If not, ask them to redo the quotation for you. Your question number 6, I can answer! Hehe! For our home, we run a Aztec Homeplug system. Not sure if you have heard of it before. Can buy from Challenger. There are two components to the Homeplug system. I don't know what they are called, but in my own words 1. The big homeplug (main thing, need one of this only) - $79 2. The small homeplugs (can buy as many as you need) - $39 The big homeplug needs to be placed as near your to your wireless router as possible as you will need connect it to your wireless router with a LAN cable. (It will come with the homeplug when you purchase). Your big homeplug must also be inserted into a wall socket. Note that your wireless router will already need one wall socket. So you can use the same socket (with an extension plug) or make sure you get your contractor to build an extra socket side by side. Here's an image of how the set up looks like (top view). The yellow wire is the LAN cable, and it connects the WHITE big homplug to the black wireless router. The black plug in between is the power supply for the wireless router. (Our wireless router is in a sad corner of the living room floor because we wanted to buy a cabinet to put it in, but haven't gone to buy one yet.) Despite our router being on the floor, our signal is always at a maximum, thanks to the small homeplug! (next paragraph) The small homeplug is simple. You just plug it into a electrical socket in the room/s that require better Wifi coverage. Here's an image of how the set up looks like (our house runs the Eubiq system - the metallic strip is just a normal electrical plug). This photo is also taken from the top view (and its upside down, sorry!) The big homeplug will receive signals from your wireless router and transmit these router signal to the small homeplugs VIA THE ELECTRICAL WIRING in the house! Since it runs via electrical wiring in the house, there are no need for messy wires. I find it hard to describe, so you may want to go to Challenger itself to better understand how it works. Its AWESOME. We got one big homeplug and one small homeplug for a "package" price of $99. One small homeplug is enough for us, because it can be unplugged and moved around the house.

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