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Top 5 Network Cabling Questions To Ask Before Your Next Office Move

  1. When is your move scheduled? If the timeline is 60 days or less, have you contacted your T1 or phone lines service provider (AT&T, Verizon, etc.)? It is imperative, a call be made immediately to your provider, a T1 requires 45 days notice to install at your new location. This is the first item before all else to complete.
  2. Establish the quantity of phone and computer drops will you require? A "cable drop" is defined as “one run of cable from a starting point (usually your server room) to a jack in the wall in an office or cubicle. Unless you’re using a VIOP (voice over ip) phone system and running your voice traffic over your data network, each station will require two cable drops one for the phone and one for the computer. Also, dedicated faxes and network printers will require a cable drop
  3. Determine whether you want Cat5e or Cat6 cable? Cat5e is the standard currently providing up to 1000 mgs put thru or Cat6 speeds up to 1 gigabit per second (Gbps) and provides data transfer speeds at more than twice the speed of CAT5e. If you have distances greater than 325’ (the distance limitation of Cat5e or Cat6) then fiber optic cabling would be in order.
  4. What the type of ceiling that is in your new office space? Is the ceiling hard cap usually this is made of plaster or a drop ceiling (ceiling tiles/acoustic ceiling). Drop ceilings are much easier to pull cable thru, due to the easy access and the ability to move ceiling tiles as needed.
  5. Does the building where your new space is located require plenum or non-plenum cabling? This is determined by the type of construction used in your new space. If your network cabling will need to run in an area also used for the circulation of air in a heating, air-conditioning and ventilation system (plenum space), then you will be required to use plenum-rated cable. Plenum cable is jacketed with a fire retardant plastic jacket of either a low-smoke polyvinyl chloride (PVC) or a fluorinated ethylene polymer (FEP), which limit the amount of toxic fumes in the event of a fire. Plenum cabling is more expensive than non-plenum wiring, your building management or building owner will know which cable is required.
Bonus Question: Are you moving your phone system? Your network cabling may be that they can do this for you as part of the cost of wiring the new location. callnow