What's the going rate for LAN wiring?

Small office, 12 drops w/4 cables at each drop (one drop has 6) = 50
terminations. False ceiling, no masonry walls. Longest distance from wiring
closet: 45 ft.

Above ceiling: dusty, dirty, filthy. Thick clouds of dust ever time a piece
of insulation is touched. Certainly a respirator job...

DId I mention dirty?

What would you charge for this job?

FBt

Esther & Fester Bestertester wrote:
> Small office, 12 drops w/4 cables at each drop (one drop has 6) = 50
> terminations. False ceiling, no masonry walls. Longest distance from wiring
> closet: 45 ft.
> What would you charge for this job?

$5,000

"Esther & Fester Bestertester" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> Small office, 12 drops w/4 cables at each drop (one drop has 6) = 50
> terminations. False ceiling, no masonry walls. Longest distance from
> wiring
> closet: 45 ft.
>
> Above ceiling: dusty, dirty, filthy. Thick clouds of dust ever time a
> piece
> of insulation is touched. Certainly a respirator job...
>
> DId I mention dirty?
>
> What would you charge for this job?
>
> FBt

$4500 to $7500 if it's certified.

Adair

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> Small office, 12 drops w/4 cables at each drop (one drop has 6) = 50
> terminations. False ceiling, no masonry walls. Longest distance from
> wiring
> closet: 45 ft.
>
> Above ceiling: dusty, dirty, filthy. Thick clouds of dust ever time a
> piece
> of insulation is touched. Certainly a respirator job...
>
> DId I mention dirty?
>
> What would you charge for this job?
>
> FBt
>


Where?

--
BobF.

> Where?

N. California: San Francisco bay area.

FBt

> $4500 to $7500 if it's certified.
> Adair

"Certified", as in "we've tweaked the drivers and it's now transferring xx
Mbits/sec"?

Thanks,
FBt

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>> Where?
>
> N. California: San Francisco bay area.
>
> FBt
>


Are you kidding me! A couple of Grad students, some pizza and beer and it's
done!

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BobF.

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> "Esther & Fester Bestertester" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>>> Where?
>>
>> N. California: San Francisco bay area.
>>
>> FBt
>>
>
>
> Are you kidding me! A couple of Grad students, some pizza and beer and
> it's done!
>
and then it will need to be done right.
there is more to cabling then actually pulling the cable. you have to make
sure to not pull it to hard, kink it etc. then there is proper termination
techniques at both the patch panel and jack.
And if you really want to know that the stuff is going to work as designed,
the $10k tester to certify the cable.

Adair

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>> $4500 to $7500 if it's certified.
>> Adair
>
> "Certified", as in "we've tweaked the drivers and it's now transferring xx
> Mbits/sec"?
>
> Thanks,
> FBt
>

Hardly, see http://www.vdvworks.com/UncleTed/test.html for a description.
Our Fluke DTX-1800 with fiber modules was about $15k.
It's important to have your drops certified if you want to know for a fact
that no matter what type of equipment you plug in will work to the designed
speed. Cables kinked or inproperly terminated can cause your entire network
to work at a much slower speed than designed.


Adair

Esther & Fester Bestertester wrote:
>> $4500 to $7500 if it's certified.
>> Adair
>
> "Certified", as in "we've tweaked the drivers and it's now transferring xx
> Mbits/sec"?

No. Certified as in the cable job meets the spec for Cat5e or Cat6 or whatever you contracted. Just using CatXX components doesn't mean the network is at CatXX network.

David