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Cat6 -How much per drop?

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wolfman56

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I recently agreed to upgrade an existing Cat5 network to a certified Cat6 network including a new cabinet and patch panel. It's done but it took me way too long for various reasons. It's been a long time since I did a network. It was a per hr. job, but that wouldn't be fair to the customer now. I'm trying to find the average rate per certified drop, so I can calculate a fair billing. What do you charge per drop? I was recently told that $200 is the norm.
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Havn't done any Cat6 yet. I'm kinda curious my own self.

Consequently, what type of customer was this (generally)? I'm curious who'd pay to take that small of a jump from Cat5 to 6? Perhaps I'm missing a marketing opportunity.
 
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wolfman56

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Cat6

Cat6

It was an animal hospital, with 24 stations. They had a poorly installed typical 10/100 cat5 system, with a basic router and dsl router. It sort of grew with the business. They wanted to go paperless, but they have had nothing but trouble with the existing setup and everyone was complaining.
A friend of mine who does large corporate systems designed a better system. Now they have a state of the art "gigabyte" speed system. Complete with a hardware firewall, etc.

P.S. When installing a high speed "gig." system, insist on name brand, quality parts!!
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did you certify it? or just use a basic tester to check for breaks and crosses?

a tester to certify it will run you about $9000, so figure it in.

Non certified, $200 is fine (average run 50-60')

Certified about $400-$450.

But these are BS numbers and aren't super helpful cause I just made them up off the top of my head.:)
 
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wolfman56

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Cat6

Cat6

I BORROWED A FLUKE CERTIFIER (man that thing is intense!)

More info............................


Is it all in conduit, wiremold? NO
Are you dealing with a 200 year old NYC building ? NO
Is it newer construction? 15 YEARS
Did you include a pathway system ? NO
If so what kind of pathway system ? NO
What quality of cable and hardware did you use ? BELDEN CAT6 - PANDUIT PATCH AND RJ-45
Does this include all the configuration of routers and switches? NO, JUST CABLE, CABINET, PATCH PANEL, AND TERMINATE EACH END.
Were all the runs at maximum length or were they all 50' runs ? 50' TO 90'AVG.
How many cables are we talking here? 24
Were they all single location or quad drops ? SINGLE
Any pics of this project ? NO. IMAGINE A DOCTORS OFFICE WITH A DROPPED CEILING. HAD TO DO IT AFTER HOURS.
THE THING THAT TOOK SO LONG WAS THAT THE TRUSSES WERE 8' ABOVE THE GRID, AND THERE WAS ROMEX ALL OVER THE PLACE SECURED TO TIE WIRE A FEW INCHES ABOVE THE GRID. STEEL STUD WALLS. WE PUT THE CABLE UP ON THE TRUSSES TO GET IT AWAY FROM ALL THAT ROMEX, AND LAY IN LIGHTS.

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