BuyerZone users' cabling and wiring service requirements

We ask users of our quote request service to describe their cabling and wiring service purchasing requirements in detail so the vendors we match them to can provide customized information in response. Now we're sharing these buyer requirements with you.

We hope these user comments help you get a sense of what types of cabling and wiring services other users are choosing and what considerations are important to the average buyer. Take a look and you'll probably see some responses that are relevant to your business.

BuyerZone user comments: cabling and wiring service purchasing requirements

"Actually, I only need two duplex drops for a conference room. We decided to remove the wireless access within the office and so now need to wire in the conference room."
-- MIS/IT, Health Care, Portland, OR

"This is for a new check cashing store / internet cafe with faxing and copying services. There will also be an ATM available. We were also interested in having a payphone or phonebooth available. "
-- CEO/President/Owner, Other Business Services, Bridgeport, CT

"About half of runs are in the 50-75' range from server room; longest of the rest is about 150'."
-- MIS/IT, Other Business Services, New York, NY

"I need data cables pulled from closet on first floor to 4 or 5 location on first floor and 1 or 2 locations in the basement."
-- Consultant, Consulting, Canton, MI

"I believe all the wiring is there, we wouldlike to upgrade our existing phones, withcaller ID ones."
-- Administrative Assistant, Retail, Santa Ana, CA

"We may take an additional part of the second floor within two years. We will need a quote for a telephone system and voicemail. It needs to be capable of 35 users. I would like for it to be PRI capable. Please quote a rack for voice and a rack for data. I want the telephone system to be rack mounted as well. Please call with any questions."
-- Partner/Principal, Consulting, Smyrna, TN

"This project will involve the addition of 1000 workstations with internet and 700 phones."
-- Partner/Principal, Legal, Houston, TX

"The building has 21 computers and all of them need cat5e cabling there will be 29 voice over ip phones scattered through out the building i have another building that will need the same treatment."
-- Buyer, Consulting, Nesbit, MS

"We would like the work to include the installation of an "in-wall" patch panel. (No hanging wires from the ceiling!) We are looking for 12 data lines and 12 voice lines."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Computers - Software, New York, NY

"We recently had an electrician upgrade our office to Cat6 cabling. Our IT company is requesting we have a certified cabling company test and report whether or not we are getting gigabit speed from the new cable runs. The infrastructure is in place, we just need to have it tested and a report given."
-- Office Manager, Other Business Services, Winchester, MA

"We are expanding into an adjacent warehouse and want to expand our existing T-1 connection from one warehouse to the other. The cable distance is 280 feet (includes going up wall etc) and the job requires drilling through to get to the next warehouse."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Wholesale, Santa Fe Springs, CA

"We are looking for a cabling company to maintain our network/telecom runs."
-- MIS/IT, Manufacturing, Valencia, CA

"Take existing fiber run and tap into it for a new office."
-- MIS/IT, Advertising/Marketing/PR, East Aurora, NY

"Network will inclue a run from the plant to the office which will require Fiber optics.A site visit is recommended for completing the quotation. Time is a critical factor now."
-- CFO, Manufacturing, Chandler, AZ

"Moving our current office to new second story location. Need about 60 cable drops and integration, patch panel, and integration of cabling into cubicles."
-- MIS/IT, Retail, Van Nuys, CA

"All drop ceilings with a minimum of 10 inches of space. There's one concrete wall in the middle of the office, but it already has an access whole for cable."
-- Consultant, Health Care, Richmond, KY

"Summary of Requirements:7 television locations 2 telephone/data locations (Cat5e)1 pair surface mounted speakersBasic security system (1 door, 1 kp, 1 motion, 1 glassbreak)4 CCTV locationsTotal size of space 1200 square ft."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Retail, Houston, TX

"MUST BE A UNION CONTRACTOR. all materials will be provided. will work under the direction of our onsite technician. we'll need two people of one day of wiring rough in and termination."
-- MIS/IT, Other Business Services, Botsford, CT

"Install, terminate and test a total of "33" CAT 6 cables."9" will be in hardwalled office locations"24" will run to 6 separate columsAll will be terminated on the same floor network room with data cables to rack mounted patch panel."
-- Buyer, Manufacturing, Cambridge, MA

"Wiring will be installed in a building with cinderblock walls.Two wires will not go through walls (about 20 feet).Six wires will go through one wall (about 35 feet).Four wires will go through three walls (about 60 feet).All wiring will run external to a common wall but it must be concealed with some sort of covering."
-- MIS/IT, Non-Profit, Minneapolis, MN

"To replace open air technology with new rf equipment in the mfg areas."
-- MIS/IT, Manufacturing, Orange, CA

"(88000 Ft) 4 pair Berk-Tek LanMark CMP CAT 5E(7) Ortronics 48 Port CAT 5E Patch Panels(7) Horizontal Wire Management(3) 300 Pair 100 Blocks(592) Ortronics CAT 5E Jacks(148) Ortronics 4-Port Surface Boxes(75) Ortronics CAT 5E Patch Cables (5 Ft)(75) Ortronics CAT 5E Patch Cables (7 Ft)(150) Ortonics CAT 5E Patch Cables (10 Ft)1 Misc (TyWraps, hangers, tape, etc.LaborTax."
-- Facilities/Operations, Real Estate, Windsor, CT

"To re-wire existing frame work due to relocation of server."
-- Facilities/Operations, Financial Services, Great Neck, NY

"The cabling will need to connect to a central hub that can be individually controlled from a secure site."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Media/Entertainment/Publishing, Chesapeake, VA

"Run fiber approx 200 feet and connect 2 existing switches."
-- MIS/IT, Manufacturing, Cassville, MO

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