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Re: Wiring install. How Much ?



On Friday 26 October 2001 09:19 am, Dan Khan wrote:
> This sort of pricing is pretty much what I've heard to get my house
> retro-wired.  I was outraged at the 3000 or so they wished to charge.
> After talking it out, it turned out that the company quoted £40 per
line
> run - not £40 per wall port!  So, say 4xcat5 to each room, all laid
and
> terminated at the same time = £160!!! thus 28 locations around the
house =
> £4480.  This company specialised in putting HA cabling and systems in.

Holy cow!!! These prices are way over the top, I know it's been brought up
before, but surely with the expertise on this list, there must be some kind
of company or group we could set up to do jobs like this. It seems a shame
that we have so much talent "going to waste" for want of a better
phrase,
when it could be put to good use earning some toy money.

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