Will Home Automation & Data Cables be Part of Standardized Electrical Wiring

[CatalinaWOW]

Wired ethernet seems destined to have a similar lifetime.

I don't see that going away anytime soon. Unless you mean CAT6 eventually getting replaced with fiber, 10Gbps over UTP is testing the practical limits with the transceiver chips needing more voltage and running quite hot.

In this context you should admit that CAT6 is already a replacement for at least two prior standards for Ethernet.  If you had wired your home in the 90s you would be replacing it.  And yes, at least some folks will be switching to fiber in the coming years.  Kjelt has the right of it.  If you want to future proof easily accessible cable runs are about the best answer you can give.  Basements and attics are a wonderful luxury in this case.

[nctnico]

So in short it makes the most sense that when building a home you foresee the use of some cabling whatever it might be and install some extra empty pipes from the central point where all utilities enter the home to each room.

Yep. But also when doing renovations in an existing home, is a good time to add extra pipes. Typically I add 1 or 2 empty pipes if that could be useful at some point in the future. The trick is to not overdo it though. For networking, Wifi is a much better option anyway so the only part of the network which needs physical wires are the critical connections between security related, high bandwitdh and/or high-reliability devices.

[Kjelt]

Typically I add 1 or 2 empty pipes if that could be useful at some point in the future. The trick is to not overdo it though.

12 years too late 

[SeanB]

Did you leave draw strings in them, and a diagram of what goes where as well.

[NiHaoMike]

In this context you should admit that CAT6 is already a replacement for at least two prior standards for Ethernet.  If you had wired your home in the 90s you would be replacing it.  And yes, at least some folks will be switching to fiber in the coming years.  Kjelt has the right of it.  If you want to future proof easily accessible cable runs are about the best answer you can give.  Basements and attics are a wonderful luxury in this case.

Main problem with fiber at home is that it will need to be a lot more robust to last. Pretty much all residential fiber ISPs run the fiber line to a fiber to copper converter of some sort so they don't keep getting calls due to kids stepping on the fiber and breaking it. Probably a good solution for a home fiber LAN would be wall mount switches that convert the fiber in the wall to a bunch of RJ45 and SFP outlets.

[Kjelt]

Did you leave draw strings in them

No, we use tension springs to pull wires through them, made sure nowhere to use less than 120 degree bends.
Most pipes were filled directly however after the build with two 1.5mm2 wires (800V isolation) for mains or low voltage , currently most of them have 12V for my own led drivers. And cat6 for data and voltage to my leddrivers.

and a diagram of what goes where as well.

Yes have them all on paper, but should digitize them.

[Kjelt]

Main problem with fiber at home is that it will need to be a lot more robust to last. Pretty much all residential fiber ISPs run the fiber line to a fiber to copper converter of some sort so they don't keep getting calls due to kids stepping on the fiber and breaking it. Probably a good solution for a home fiber LAN would be wall mount switches that convert the fiber in the wall to a bunch of RJ45 and SFP outlets.

Have them since 2013 , if you use the version where the two cableconnectors can be seperate you shift them then tape the tothe pull string and a 19mm pipe is large enough.
Have four fibers 10Gb to all main places in the home where the computers and NASses are and there a 10Gb switch which also diverts to 1Gb to other equipment.