The network is only as good as what is in the walls.
Voice, data and fiber cabling designed, installed and certified by a licensed low-voltage contractor, for offices, new construction and telecom rooms across Southwest Oregon. Planned before it is pulled, tested before we leave.
Tested before we call it done. Every run is tested once it is terminated, so a fault gets found by us on install day rather than by your staff the following week.
Licensed low-voltage contractor
A specialty contractor for voice, data and fiber cabling.
Bonded and insured
Covered on every job, from one drop to a full building.
Background-checked technicians
Every technician passes an extensive background and reference check.
Installed to current code
Work follows current electrical codes, standards and regulations.
Five stops between the desk and the outside world.
Every connection in the building makes the same trip. A problem at any one stop shows up as a slow desk, a dead phone or an access point that will not power on. We install and repair all five.
The jack
Where the device plugs in, at the desk, the ceiling or the pole.
- Voice and data drops
- Voice and fax lines
- Access points, phones and cameras
The pathway
The route through walls and ceilings, which decides how easily the cable can be reached later.
- Pathway installation
- Repair of existing runs
- Supported, protected routes
The patch panel
Every run terminates here, labeled, so changes are a short patch cord rather than a new pull.
- Termination and labeling
- Patch cables
- Moves, adds and changes
The room
The telecom closet or server room the whole building runs back to.
- Telecom room build-outs
- Racks, cabinets and enclosures
- Cable clean-up
The demarc
Where the carrier hands off service, often nowhere near where your equipment lives.
- Demarc extension
- Fiber backbone
- Runs between buildings
Cable outlasts everything plugged into it. Switches, phones and access points get replaced every few years, and the cabling underneath is expected to carry all of them. From a single drop to thousands of cables, it is worth designing once and designing properly.
The right category depends on what it has to carry.
Cable category is the one choice that is expensive to change later. We pick it run by run, based on the distance, the device on the end and how long you plan to be in the building.
Cat7 and Cat7A are installed where a project specification calls for them. For most business buildings, Cat6A or fiber is the better long-term choice.
| Cable | Carries | Best suited to |
|---|---|---|
| Cat5e | 1 Gb/s to 100 m | Existing buildings, phones and basic workstations. Rarely the right pick for new work. |
| Cat6 | 1 Gb/s to 100 m, 10 Gb/s on shorter runs | General office drops where 10-gigabit is not expected at the desk. |
| Cat6A Common pick | 10 Gb/s to 100 m | New construction, access points, cameras and anything expected to outlast the next hardware refresh. |
| Fiber | 10 Gb/s and up, hundreds of meters to kilometers | Backbone between floors, closets and buildings, and runs too long for copper. |
The cheapest cable run is the one pulled before the drywall.
Most electrical contractors do not train their crews in low-voltage work, which is why builders bring in a specialist. We work to the general contractor’s schedule alongside the electrician, so cabling is planned in rather than squeezed in at the end.
Design with the drawings
Drop locations, the telecom room, pathways and cable category settled while changes are still free.
Pull while walls are open
Pathways, sleeves and backboxes set and cable pulled to every location.
Terminate and dress
Jacks, faceplates and patch panels terminated and the rack dressed once finishes are done.
Test every run
Each run tested and certified before anyone moves in and depends on it.
Label and document
Every jack and port labeled and the layout documented for whoever manages the building next.
Most wiring closets grew one cable at a time.
Not every job is a new building. Plenty start with a closet shaped by every past tenant and every past project. Clean-up and repair regularly turn up the cause of problems that have been blamed on the computers or the internet for months.
Before the first cable is pulled.
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When should cabling be planned on a new build?
At the drawing stage. Pathways and drop locations are simple to add while walls and ceilings are open and expensive once they are finished.
Cat6 or Cat6A?
It depends on run length, the device on the end and how long you will be in the building. For new construction, Cat6A is usually the better long-term choice.
Can you work in a building that is open for business?
Yes. Work in occupied spaces is planned around the people using them, so cutover happens with as little interruption as possible.
How is the work tested?
Every run is tested and certified after termination, labeled at both ends and documented, so future changes do not start with guesswork.
How large a job do you take on?
Anything from a single drop to thousands of cables, in offices, new construction, telecom rooms, data centers and multi-building sites.
Can you extend the carrier’s connection to our equipment?
Yes. Demarc extension carries the carrier’s handoff from where it enters the building to the room where your network equipment lives.
Show us the closet nobody wants to open.
Or the plans for the building that is not built yet. A free assessment tells you what is there and what the work would involve, whether or not you hire us.
Helpful to have on hand
- A floor plan or construction drawings
- Where people, phones and devices will sit
- Your construction schedule, if there is one
- Photos of the current closet or server room
None of it is required. It just makes the first conversation faster.