Linked by David Adams on Wed 21st Jan 2004 22:52 UTC
If all goes well, this summer I'll be building a new house. I've owned a few houses before, some of them built in the 1920s and 30s, and full of all the charm and quirks of an old house, and a couple that were pretty new, with the lack of craftsmanship and imagination that's typical in most new construction in the USA today. But this time I'm building a custom home, just to my specifications, so I can have whatever features I want, limited only by my imagination (and budget). I'd like to integrate some home automation features into the house, and include wiring for future expansion. 
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Why are people so negative about wireless? I don't remember reading that he was considering going completely wires, just including it in his list of desires. Maybe he's thinking of having a laptop or two and wants to be able to surf without adaptors and cables...
Wireless is as secure as you make it. Use a system wich allows for encrytion and a MAC address white-list.
Current encryption schemes can be broken and MAC addresses can be spoofed. So by the time he decides, encryption might better. This is also isn't theory, its a reality.
I like the idea of a wired home, sounds cool. I'd reccomend gigabit ethernet, or if really have cash, go with fiber connection.. although sort of a waste because of distance.
Also a suggestion would be to secure your network with a CISCO firewall, since you will have a lot of things connected... a PIX mid-range would be awesome.
a gigabit switch? you could even do vlans, virtual lans.. and seperate each room and have everything really secure..