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Data Cabling & Cable Tidy-Ups

A cable beats Wi-Fi every time for anything that matters: the desk you work from, the console, the TV, the office. I run Cat6 network points properly — terminated to standard, tested, and hidden where they can be. I'll also happily strip out the decades of dead satellite, aerial and phone cable that most houses have accumulated.
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Sound familiar?

These are the reasons people ring me about this.

  • You work from home and want a rock-solid wired connection at the desk
  • Gaming lag you're sure isn't the broadband's fault
  • The TV buffers even though everything else is fine
  • There's a bird's nest of old cable behind the TV or up the outside wall
  • You're having work done and want network points put in now
  • You need a cable out to a garden office or annexe

What the job involves

Priced per point, with the price per point dropping the more you have done at once.

  • Cat6 runs from a sensible central point to wherever you need them
  • Sockets terminated to standard and each run tested, not just plugged in and hoped for
  • Cable routed through loft, floor or trunking — properly clipped, not draped
  • Switch or patch point set up so it's tidy and expandable
  • Old redundant satellite, aerial and phone cable removed inside and out

Questions

Data cabling — the usual questions

Is a cable really better than good Wi-Fi?

For anything stationary, yes, noticeably. A cable gives you the full speed, all the time, with none of the drop-outs — and it takes that device off the Wi-Fi, which makes the Wi-Fi better for everything else too. For a home office it's the single best upgrade there is.

Cat5e or Cat6?

I fit Cat6 as standard now. The price difference is small and it gives you plenty of headroom for whatever broadband speeds arrive over the next decade — you don't want to be pulling cable through the same walls twice.

Will you have to make a mess of the walls?

Usually far less than people expect. Most runs go through the loft or under floorboards, and where I do have to go through a wall it's one neat hole. I'm known for being tidy — it's been in my adverts for thirty years for a reason.

Can you take away the old cables outside the house?

Yes, and it makes a bigger difference to how a house looks than people expect. Old Sky cable, dead aerial runs and abandoned phone drops all come off, and I make good where the fixings were.

Where

Covered across Stockport and Cheshire

Data cabling in your town — pick the nearest and I'll tell you what's different about the housing round there.

Related

Often done at the same time

Home Wi-Fi & Dead Spots

Wi-Fi that reaches the whole house, including the rooms it never used to.

What's involved

Router & Master Socket Relocation

Router stuck in the hallway by the front door? It can be moved somewhere that suits you.

What's involved

TV Aerials & Freeview

Freeview installs, aerial work and TV points in the rooms that haven't got one.

What's involved
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Need a hand with data cabling?

Tell me what it's doing and I'll tell you what it'll take. No call-out charge, and a price before I start.

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