[Chat: Ratan/"Who installs Cat5?"]
Hi Ratan -
I called my sister up on the telephone to get your answer (I owed her a call anyway!)
She told me, basically, that Cat 5 can be installed in a new house for nominal cost over standard twisted pair. She said that the wiring is installed in a "star" configuration (running the wires from a common point to each jack), rather than serially, or "daisy-chain", going from jack to jack. Most of the cost is in labor, not material.
As to who installs Cat 5, she said that everyone's getting into the act: some electricians are doing this work now; she said that RBOC are also installing Cat 5. Lastly, there are "specialists" who confine their work to data wiring (as opposed to electrical wiring). She suggested looking in the Yellow Pages under "Telecommunications", or "Communications", or "Computer".
I asked her about rewiring an existing house. She paused, and said "ugh". Again, the cost is in the labor, not the cable.
Hope this was helpful.
Steve
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