CAT 5e is all they will ever need. Don't fall for the CAT cult propaganda and save yourself some money in both the cable and hardware.
Doubtful the connectors are compatible. However, I was going to suggest that you have them relocate the outside drop to the opposite side of the building where the office is. But I thought you were only interested in APs.
Where the black pickup is parked? Ok, what does the inside look like? That front wall in particular.
To the right of the service mast is bare cinder block. To the left of the mast is cinder block covered in 80's paneling. 2 stories, 4 rooms and an entryway
I am not an expert but I'd tend to agree, I worked on a project where it called out shielded cat 6 or something exotic and we pulled in plenum cat5e , as it was a plenum and for some reason all we could get with plenum rating was 5e, the I.T. project management person just shrugged and say that was fine.
I agree, but that’s what the IT guys want, and willing to pay for.
I know, but I’m saying that’s what most IT guys want as a general rule.
Sure, they want the latest and bestest. Why stop there. CAT 7 is available and they'll want that as soon as they can figure it out. Then there is CAT 8... then there is fiber. I've been calling for homes to be "wired" with fiber for years and I've only seen one- that was never used.
Verizon FiOS is the only one that I am familiar with. Just because they run fiber doesn't mean you automatically get gigs and gigs of bandwidth. You get the same plans as with coax, and actually Optimum coax will top out at 8 gigs where Verizon fiber will only give you 2 gigs download speed. And believe me, higher speed isn't even noticeable. I know because Cablevision used to change me back and forth between .5 gig and 1 gig depending on their promotions and I didn't even know it until they told me and I did a speed test.
I wouldn't announce that if I were Verizon, based on how they operate the old telephone systems they operate in my area of the country. Worst communications company in the region. Not only are people dropping them they are switching long time held phone numbers to cell phones or voip services if they want to keep a number they have had, particularly businesses. I moved my business land line number to a cell phone several years ago.
