mstrlucky74
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- NJ
How do you provide internet and phone lines for shantys and jobsite offices when there are no IDF's/tele closets. Where would you pick up service from? Thanks
Temping Out Internet and Phone
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ptonsparky
Tom
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- EC - retired
Verizon offers both services in this neck of the woods.
K8MHZ
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- Electrician
It's hard to imagine that anything ever got built where there was no immediate access to a telephone, let alone the Internet.
mstrlucky74
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- NJ
Ok. my question is how is it setup in the beginning of the job( and this is for a 15 story building but offices will be located on ground floor. The telephone company brings in service to a particular location and the contractor(electrical) would pick it up and run out from there?
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- Massachusetts
Likely local traditions but here we do not. The phone / data contractors and utilities handle that.
kwired
Electron manager
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- NE Nebraska
I can see this being a problem in the past, but today there is so many wireless services that you would expect the contractors to already have a service provider that they use all the time. Could be anything from wireless hotspot originating from someone's mobile phone, tablet, etc. or a "wireless modem" so to speak or even satellite wireless services like dishnet or hughesnet that work pretty much anywhere as long as you are not obstructed between satellite and your dish.
brantmacga
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- Georgia
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- Former Child
mgookin
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- Fort Myers, FL
See if you can get the civil engineering sheets for the job. They often list the utility companies and contact info as well as location of pedestals, etc.
texie
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- Fort Collins, Colorado
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- Electrician, Contractor, Inspector
A cheap and dirty way is to use cellular hot spot. Different carriers, different names. Verizon calls theirs a Jetpack. Your stuff connects via Wi-Fi and the box connects to the 4G network.
For something a little more robust get a Ethernet/cellular router that will let you connect a conventional LAN to a cellular 4G network from any of the cellular wireless carriers. All the usual players in the router market make them.
All fairly inexpensive and an easy way to set up a small network for a job site without having to use a wire line carrier for service.
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- Massachusetts
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- New Jersey
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- Journeyman Electrician
In the early stages of the job we use MIFI cards for our field office internet. Once the GC has setup their field office they will have Verizon come in and provide a switch. We typically wire their filed office from the switch for Ethernet and also wire voice for their phones. We will run a few Cat6 lines from their equipment to our field office. From there its a few routers to provide WIFI internet to our shanties. The other trades will usually pay us (or we'll barter for favors) to provide a Ethernet line or two for their shanties. Since Verizon is billing the GC our Internet is free. :thumbsup:
kwired
Electron manager
- Location
- NE Nebraska
Especially places like ancient Rome or the pyramids in Egypt
texie
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- Location
- Fort Collins, Colorado
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- Electrician, Contractor, Inspector
And you would provide those services to all the other contractors? You are a nice guy.
Huh? Where did I say I would provide service to other contractors/trades?
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