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Company to wire my basement for cable..

Who ever finished my basement did not think people were ever going to watch Tv or use a phone.. Can anyone give me some company names that is good at wiring up a basement for cable and phone . I have 2 bedrooms in the basement and want Cable in both rooms.. Thanks for any help you can give me..
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rogers and bell will both install and fish cable wiring to each room.
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You could also PM Buildinghomes (Greg), who hangs out in the Home and Garden section here at RFD. Read a few of his posts, ask him some questions, you may be impressed.
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Any electrician or even a general contractor should be able to do this, and at a fraction of what a service provider would charge you. Check to see if any of your friends or family are in construction or are electricians, they're often the best bet for such a job, since you can often pay them cash, or just have them over for dinner.
I've done this a few times at my parents home and for friends, there's no rocket science behind it, you really won't need a specialist or technician of any kind to get this done, just someone with enough know-how and the proper tools.
In fact, it's even easier/cheaper than an electrical plug or a light, since you don't legally need a licensed electrician for these types of low voltage projects.
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While you're at it, make sure you also fish Cat 5/6 network cables.
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It's fairly easy. Just 2 weeks ago my and my cousin rewired his whole parents house with new RG6. We ran 5 different lines to diff tvs in the home & 1 to the garage. We ran the main Rogers line to a WaterProof box on the side of the house we made that holds a 6 way spliter and from there they all go to the different tvs. We also ran a new Sat line for my uncle.

It took a few hours but there is an improvement on all tvs from before.
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tomtomtom wrote: still fish a Cat 5 ethernet? It is so obsolete

Can you actually tell the difference in a CAT5e and a CAT6 cable (other than the price difference...sorry i can't resist LOL) ?
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ppl4golf wrote: Can you actually tell the difference in a CAT5e and a CAT6 cable (other than the price difference...sorry i can't resist LOL) ?

Maybe not right now but it would be stupid not to wire with cat6 when it costs just a bit more. Cat6 is also more resistant to interference from power lines that will probably be near it in the wall so might as well.

Just like back a few years I'm sure many people used RG59 instead of RG6 because they could not see a difference & now they have probably had to rewire because of it. So for an extra few bucks might as well install Cat6 over Cat5e.
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sickcars wrote: Maybe not right now but it would be stupid not to wire with cat6 when it costs just a bit more. Cat6 is also more resistant to interference from power lines that will probably be near it in the wall so might as well.

Just like back a few years I'm sure many people used RG59 instead of RG6 because they could not see a difference & now they have probably had to rewire because of it. So for an extra few bucks might as well install Cat6 over Cat5e.

For a house, there is no significant difference unless you go well over 100ft.

I do agree with your sentiments but it won't go obsolete for another 10 years along with the RG6. You can probably still laugh at anyone using wireless 5 years down the road using Cat5e connection.

If there is a fair bit of work and upfront cost involved with the installation, you might as well spend a few extra bucks. If I remodel the bathrooms and I ain't going with the basic pieces...same idea.
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ppl4golf wrote: For a house, there is no significant difference unless you go well over 100ft.

I do agree with your sentiments but it won't go obsolete for another 10 years along with the RG6. You can probably still laugh at anyone using wireless 5 years down the road using Cat5e connection.

If there is a fair bit of work and upfront cost involved with the installation, you might as well spend a few extra bucks. If I remodel the bathrooms and I ain't going with the basic pieces...same idea.

Well yes I agree with you 5 years from now Cat5e will probably still be good enough for home use but in this case since the OP would be running new lines (if he was to run network cables) hes much better off running Cat6 infact I would personally even go as far as running Shielded Cat6 not that you really need it but for myself I rather spend a little more and use a better product if there is not much of a price difference.

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