If your looking for standards, why recreate the wheel. ANSI, Telecommunications Industry Association and the Electronic Industries Alliance have a "Residential Telecommunications Cabling Standard" 570A.
It establishes 2 different grades of cabling, which are 2 levels of installation scope and quantities of locations within the home. As you might guess, grade 1 is minimum and grade 2 is most extensive.
[This message has been edited by Ron (edited 02-11-2005).]
