Ballpark price for nework connections?

[Alvin Oga]

hi ya

On Tue, 3 Aug 2004, Jim Hickstein wrote:

> --On Tuesday, August 3, 2004 12:34 -0700 "Paul M. Moriarty" <pmm at igtc.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> > I need 10 new network drops in my work offices.  I'm being quoted
> > $100/drop.  It's been a while since I've done this.  Is this a good
> > price?  If not, anybody you'd recopmmend?

presumably, you want the outlets in the wall
and/or in the cubicle/partition separators ?? 

- 8 port netgear hub/switch for 4 people in the 4 cubes works good too
  which means you drag 1 wire up instead of 8 ( 2 ports per person )

> When I was at Cisco a few years back, Walker Communications did this kind 
> of work for us.  I've never seen anything like it before or since.  In a 
> good way. :-)  YMMV after this long, but....

i think you can get it for $50/drop in the current world of whackyness...

i'd add explicitly into their PO :
	- if they have to come back to fix the wires, that they
	do so at their own expenses
	( i've seen/heard that they like to not connect a wire or two
	( so they get called back for another $100 repair jobbie

- we used few local outfits .. none stick out as better than another
	- it's wires and an outlet ... :-0

	- make sure its real cat-5  or better cable vs "cheap stuff"

c ya
alvin