Browse Forums Home Theatre & Automation Re: Cat6 cabing costs 2Oct 01, 2008 1:36 pm Cable is around $120 for CAT6 or $85 for CAT5 (give or take) for 305m. I get alot of stuff from here now http://www.4cabling.com.au, have a cruise around their site and add up the bits, cable, terminator, face plate + friggin around. I'd say that wouldnt be a bad price simply to have someone else do it. Re: Cat6 cabing costs 3Oct 03, 2008 7:48 am That said, $39 per point for someone else to do it all for you is still pretty cheap. Re: Cat6 cabing costs 5Oct 03, 2008 10:12 am If I could just ask why are you going with Cat6?
For most people cat5e is the better option. you can easily get gigbit speed from it, so long as you keep the lenghts under 100meters in lenght. And the bits and pieces come in alot cheaper. Cat6 will simply make your life easier if you decide to go to 10GbE, was that the reason? Re: Cat6 cabing costs 6Oct 06, 2008 1:16 pm mikkyG If I could just ask why are you going with Cat6? For most people cat5e is the better option. you can easily get gigbit speed from it, so long as you keep the lenghts under 100meters in lenght. And the bits and pieces come in alot cheaper. Cat6 will simply make your life easier if you decide to go to 10GbE, was that the reason? If you are running tv signals over cat-6 the noise margin is far less that cat5e Re: Cat6 cabing costs 7Oct 06, 2008 2:03 pm although cat6 cabling does faster speeds( assuming the speed capable bits) it also has less tolerance for being bent etc. so if you have any sharp angles in your cabling you are more likely to have problems with cat 6 than cat5.
I think $39 per point is very good value depending on what is included. Here to get points put in and including all costs i'd read prices of around $150+ per point. Be aware that legally the person has to be a qualified tech with a cabling certificate to do lan type cabling, You should get a certificate and paperwork to go with your install. The person should be a certified (Austel) cable installer. In the paperwork it should state details of at least- the wiring has been done to the ACA- standard. You should receive a form like this as well. (completed of course) http://www.brca.asn.au/forms/pdfs/tca1.pdf The TCA 1 link that has been provided should give you an idea of the declaration that your cabler should have provided you with. It should state how many sockets/points and locations. However, it doesn't have to be a separate form - it can be incorporated into the cablers invoice or receipt.Telco installers may ask for proof that your cabling is up to spec before they connect a phone or adsl service (but they don't) Insurance companies may ask for proof that your cabling is up to spec before they insure your house (but they don't) Prospective home buyers may ask for proof that your cabling is up to spec before they commit to purchase (but they don't) ( copied directly from a whirlpool link) I realise you are getting your builder to do the cabling. But thought I should still post this. http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=767252 http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=393457[/url] Re: Cat6 cabing costs 8Oct 07, 2008 8:44 am Interestingly enough I happened to call into a cabling place yesterday to see them about something else and was talking to them about cabling for our house. The guy suggested i get the electrician to do it while he was wiring up.
Something our builder said no to. Anyway when i asked him about austel certification he shrugged and said "no boy cares. I wouldn't worry about it." hmm and that's from a cabling place! Re: Cat6 cabing costs 9Oct 07, 2008 8:56 am kexkez although cat6 cabling does faster speeds( assuming the speed capable bits) it also has less tolerance for being bent etc. so if you have any sharp angles in your cabling you are more likely to have problems with cat 6 than cat5. Thats only true if you are using Solid cable, if you are running stranded then thats not a problem at all. Cat-6 has better twist with the pairs and internal shielding in the cable; less noise to signal ratio. Re: Cat6 cabing costs 10Oct 07, 2008 10:19 am he shrugged and said "no body cares. I wouldn't worry about it."
I agree with this - no one really does care (no one asks), and I see it the same way... Re: Cat6 cabing costs 11Oct 07, 2008 10:35 am Rodda he shrugged and said "no body cares. I wouldn't worry about it." I agree with this - no one really does care (no one asks), and I see it the same way... So so so true, if you got caught by the Austel police you would have to be the most unluckiest person. Re: Cat6 cabing costs 12Oct 07, 2008 10:50 am Snake kexkez although cat6 cabling does faster speeds( assuming the speed capable bits) it also has less tolerance for being bent etc. so if you have any sharp angles in your cabling you are more likely to have problems with cat 6 than cat5. Thats only true if you are using Solid cable, if you are running stranded then thats not a problem at all. Cat-6 has better twist with the pairs and internal shielding in the cable; less noise to signal ratio. How many people installing CAT6 even have apropriate gigabit routers? And if they did CAT5E would be fine (so long as the lengths are under around 100m), how many can see them going to 10Gb? I personally think that for the extra cash most people will never see the benefit. All-be-it perhaps minor cost compared to other house building costs Re: Cat6 cabing costs 13Oct 07, 2008 11:09 am mikkyG Snake kexkez although cat6 cabling does faster speeds( assuming the speed capable bits) it also has less tolerance for being bent etc. so if you have any sharp angles in your cabling you are more likely to have problems with cat 6 than cat5. Thats only true if you are using Solid cable, if you are running stranded then thats not a problem at all. Cat-6 has better twist with the pairs and internal shielding in the cable; less noise to signal ratio. How many people installing CAT6 even have apropriate gigabit routers? And if they did CAT5E would be fine (so long as the lengths are under around 100m), how many can see them going to 10Gb? I personally think that for the extra cash most people will never see the benefit. All-be-it perhaps minor cost compared to other house building costs mikkyG you can use cat-6 cabling for more than just ethernet, it can be used for tv aerials, stereo speakers, HDMI cabling etc etc etc. So with these other applications a cable that has a better signal to noise ratio is a must, and Cat-6 will kill cat-5e everytime. If you read all my post you will notice I haven't even mentioned ethernet speeds But I concur if you just running plain old ethernet cables cat5e is the way. Re: Cat6 cabing costs 14Oct 07, 2008 12:07 pm Oh I understand that people use it for more than just internet, and the proposed benifits, but probably in the minority on this forum so thought it should be mentioned. Re: Cat6 cabing costs 15Oct 09, 2008 9:00 pm Snake mikkyG you can use cat-6 cabling for more than just ethernet, it can be used for tv aerials, stereo speakers, HDMI cabling etc etc etc. So with these other applications a cable that has a better signal to noise ratio is a must, and Cat-6 will kill cat-5e everytime. If you read all my post you will notice I haven't even mentioned ethernet speeds But I concur if you just running plain old ethernet cables cat5e is the way. I will be pre-wiring my house up and notice you said you can use cat 6 for hdmi and tv aerials.. I didn't know this. How would this work? I wanted to have two cat6 points to every room as well as 2 rg6 cables with f connectors to every room for fta tv and foxtel. My estate is a FTTH smart community so I would want a HPM harmony type system or a clipsal starserve system. I want to do it myself but am aware of the legalities with it so may pay someone by the hour and supply all the cables myself. Here is my thread from a while ago which explains what I want to do. https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.p ... highlight= Re: Cat6 cabing costs 16Oct 10, 2008 1:22 pm This is one way it works:
http://www.zantech.com.au/extender/video/ca.html Another: http://www.clink.com.au/hdmi/hdmi_extend.htm They all seem to be extenders for cable runs over 50 metres. Not sure if there is a direct cable adapter for shorter runs? Couldn't find any, but there might be a distribution system you can buy. Greg I am not sure whether Perth has its own way of doing things in regards to this. Most of Perth has class A (sandy soil), except for some areas near rivers or hills. 2 13106 Looking to tile the facade pillars rather than rendering. Builder is quoting 2500$ laying cost for upto 10msq. The 2 pillars come to be 16msq. So laying costs are 5000$… 0 7554 10 15761 |