Network and Voice CablingYour office cabling infrastructure is absolutely fundamental to your business. It will be running your Telecommunication Systems weather they are Digital or VoIP. The IT network comprising of Servers, Routers, Switches, Firewalls, IP Phones and PC's are the most important parts to your business, and your business will rely on this network cabling for as long as you stay in your premises. Netrix Communications recognizes this. We will conduct a full survey and make recommendations on voice and data cabling, which type of cabling should be installed based on distances, routes and containment and the building architecture. The most common type of cabling installed these days is structured category 5e cabling also referred to as cat 5 or cat 5e. Installed properly, this will support connection of any device – telephone, fax, modem, bell, cordless phone, IP Phone, PC, Mac, network printer, server, network switch and so on.The idea of structured cabling is that as long as you have outlets in the right locations and in the correct quantities, you can connect anything anywhere. Devices can easily be re-patched by your staff without any need for technician visits. In some instances, it may be preferable to install Category 6 cable, known as Cat 6. Cat 6 works at the same speeds at Cat 5e but offers better network performance. Both Cat 5e and Cat 6 will work to Gigabit speeds or 1,000 Mb in other words. In order to achieve this performance, your computer network switches will have to be able to run at Gigabit speeds. Most businesses still use 10/100 network switches which run at 100Mb and this is fine for most businesses although more and more people are switching to Gigabit as they upgrade their PC infrastructure. Note that for a PC to run at Gigabit speeds, your PC device will need a Gigabit network card! Category 6 cable is the preferred cable to install for applications to 10 Gigabits in Data Centers and business offices where the customer must plan for the future technology that will travel at greater speeds. Most building owners will install this high grade copper network cable to add to their buildings attributes. It is expected that cat 6 cable will be around for the next several years. The cost of cabling varies from site to site. However, a guide price for a complete Category 5e/6 structured cabling solution would be from $95 to $125 per outlet (one outlet required per device). Therefore, for a 30 user office requiring say 80 outlets, the price would be between $7,600 and $10,000 This would include a Communications Rack, patch panels, patch cords, outlets, back boxes, Jacks, Trunking and containment, All associated labor to install from end to end and completing the cabling project with a Network Certification Test per IEEE specifications.
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