Running Ethernet Drops

[KahrMan]

Has anybody worked with a company in nashville that does this kind of work.  The company we usually use gave us a very high quote.  All we need is 10-11 runs from our server room to different offices.

 

Thanks

[dralarms]

How much did they bid? I can tell you that not counting travel time its about 100.00 a drop terminated and tested.

[Guest Brutnus]

As a IT guy i need to start doing this as part time work. $1000 bucks to run 10 drops? Dang.

[dralarms]

Brutnus,

I can tell you that in most major cities in Tennessee you have to get a permit and have a license (alarm or contractors) to do it. Also while that sounds high I know acguy in Nashville that is charging upwards of 125.00 a drop. And gets it every day.

[2.ooohhh]

Brutnus,

I can tell you that in most major cities in Tennessee you have to get a permit and have a license (alarm or contractors) to do it. Also while that sounds high I know acguy in Nashville that is charging upwards of 125.00 a drop. And gets it every day.

 

Yeah to do it when I was younger it required a low voltage license, I wasn't on the billing/quoting end though so I have no input on the going rate per drop.

[E4 No More]

Who's the company that shot you a high price. Beacon is the only one that I know of.

[KahrMan]

How much did they bid? I can tell you that not counting travel time its about 100.00 a drop terminated and tested.

 

 

$1800

 

 

Who's the company that shot you a high price. Beacon is the only one that I know of.

 prefer not to call them out publicly.  I will just take my business elsewhere.

[dralarms]

How far are the drops? Shoot me a pm

[dralarms]

Unless they are extremely long runs my guess would be about 1300.00 and that's with me driving from Athens to do it.

Is the building drop ceiling?

[KahrMan]

Yes it is drop ceiling.  I sent you a pm.

[E4 No More]

Are they core switch to access switches in those offices, or are they switch in the server room to individual nodes in those offices? What kind of cabling are they quoting...Cat5e, Cat6, Cat6a, Cat7?

[KahrMan]

Are they core switch to access switches in those offices, or are they switch in the server room to individual nodes in those offices? What kind of cabling are they quoting...Cat5e, Cat6, Cat6a, Cat7?

 

The cables are going to be used for some new phones that need to draw there power off the ethernet cable.  This was int he quote I received:

 

·       10 Cat 6 plenum dual cable drops for v/d (10 cables)

·       10 Cat 6 jacks

·       Patch Cords for IT Room end and user end

·       J hook cable support system

·       Low Voltage Permit included

·       All firestop per codes

·       Provide customer test results at completion of project

·       Terminate, test, and label all cables

[E4 No More]

The cables are going to be used for some new phones that need to draw there power off the ethernet cable.  This was int he quote I received:

 

·       10 Cat 6 plenum dual cable drops for v/d (10 cables)

·       10 Cat 6 jacks

·       Patch Cords for IT Room end and user end

·       J hook cable support system

·       Low Voltage Permit included

·       All firestop per codes

·       Provide customer test results at completion of project

·       Terminate, test, and label all cables

So it isn't overkill on the cabling at all. I thought maybe they were hitting you with 10GbE cabling just because, and that we could soon see 10 GbE to the desktop. Most of the cost is labor, and distances come into play with that. I assume that you have a PoE switch already, or that you are using a midspan off of standard switch for the PoE since it is not indicated above?

 

To be clear, I am not a cabling guy, but I am a technical pre-sales consultant for networking equipment, so I have to know my Layer 1 too to advise business customers on what to purchase and have installed.

[dralarms]

Ok, kahr man,

I see where they got you. The word plenium. That adds about 350 to 400 on to the bill.

[E4 No More]

Ok, kahr man,

I see where they got you. The word plenium. That adds about 350 to 400 on to the bill.

Good catch! For a 1,000 ft roll it jumps from about $180 for regular Cat6 to $726 for plenum-rated at MRSP.

Edited January 28, 2014 by SWJewellTN

[dralarms]

I can get it for quite a bit less.

[KahrMan]

Big thanks to dralarms for spending a little time on the phone with me.  Gave me some good information.  Now I have to go do a little codes research.

 

Thanks everyone.

[mikegideon]

Why would you have to pull a permit to run ethernet drops in an existing building? I understand adhering to codes with plenum wiring. I just don't get the permit thing. 

[MacGyver]

Without an income tax, the man has to make his money somewhere.

[KahrMan]

Why would you have to pull a permit to run ethernet drops in an existing building? I understand adhering to codes with plenum wiring. I just don't get the permit thing. 

 

Don't understand either but in Brentwood you have to pull permits for any change you make in a commercial building.  Brentwood Codes are sticklers for following the rules.

[mikegideon]

Without an income tax, the man has to make his money somewhere.

 

Oops :)

[mikegideon]

Don't understand either but in Brentwood you have to pull permits for any change you make in a commercial building.  Brentwood Codes are sticklers for following the rules.

 

News to me. I guess if it's gonna happen, it would be in Brentwood.

[Sam1]

How much did they bid? I can tell you that not counting travel time its about 100.00 a drop terminated and tested.

 

We use blackbox and it costs us the same to pull to a quadplate.