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Dropping Cat6E to six rooms…need help in Metairie
Posted on 5/26/25 at 5:03 pm
Posted on 5/26/25 at 5:03 pm
I’ll admit I don’t want to be in the attic right now. It’s cooking.
And Best Buy now CHARGES labor even if you’re a Total Rewards member. I’m pretty sure all installs were free of charge if you bought their equipment (tvs and such)
Anyone know of anyone who does this service? My electrician only does fixtures.
TIA
And Best Buy now CHARGES labor even if you’re a Total Rewards member. I’m pretty sure all installs were free of charge if you bought their equipment (tvs and such)
Anyone know of anyone who does this service? My electrician only does fixtures.
TIA
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Posted on 5/26/25 at 5:07 pm to The Levee
Call a telco that runs phone wire. Fish tape can go frick itself.
Posted on 5/26/25 at 5:10 pm to LemmyLives
What’s a telco?
Posted on 5/26/25 at 8:01 pm to The Levee
Telecom Company
Posted on 5/27/25 at 4:49 am to The Levee
I’d wait til night time and just do a couple of drops. Then when it cools off more, finish the job. If you get all your ducks in a row, you can do the job pretty quickly.
Posted on 5/27/25 at 6:55 am to The Levee
So you are going to pay someone else to come install the lines but don't want to pay the Best Buy technicians?
Posted on 5/27/25 at 7:59 am to The Levee
Don’t know who to call but I don’t think Cat6e is a standard.
Go with 600mhz cat6 for now.
You can go with Cat6a, cat7, cat8, etc but those will require special grounding connectors and ports on your equipment before you see any benefit.
Go with 600mhz cat6 for now.
You can go with Cat6a, cat7, cat8, etc but those will require special grounding connectors and ports on your equipment before you see any benefit.
Posted on 5/27/25 at 8:35 am to The Levee
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And Best Buy now CHARGES labor even if you’re a Total Rewards member.
Can't believe they would charge for a service provided! 
Posted on 5/27/25 at 8:50 am to Dallaswho
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Don’t know who to call but I don’t think Cat6e is a standard.
Cat6e is just a made up standard. OP might be confused and meant cat6a?
But the cable pricing between 6 and 6a is so minimal that I would just run 6a
Posted on 5/27/25 at 8:57 am to bluebarracuda
You think it's not going to be such a problem to pull cable but it always is.
I still can't bring myself to pay for something like that. Too satisfying when I finally reach the hole in the wall I made and add the little wall plate and watch the LEDs light up on the switch when I plug in a cable
Still magic to me
I still can't bring myself to pay for something like that. Too satisfying when I finally reach the hole in the wall I made and add the little wall plate and watch the LEDs light up on the switch when I plug in a cable
Still magic to me
This post was edited on 5/27/25 at 8:59 am
Posted on 5/27/25 at 9:04 am to CAD703X
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You think it's not going to be such a problem to pull cable but it always is.
The attic part is never an issue for me. It’s getting a camera into the hole then bending an old hanger and fishing just right to pull down the inevitable wad or hang up.
Posted on 5/27/25 at 9:27 am to Dallaswho
Y'all need to invest in a damn glow rod
Posted on 5/27/25 at 10:13 am to bluebarracuda
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glow rod
what sorcery is this?? Glow in the dark fishing cable? why have i never heard of this?? i spent 30 minutes picking out the perfect Milwaukee fish tape and at no point did it cross my mind a light-up version exists.
guess i'm taking that line back to home depot & getting an amazon special.
genius!
This post was edited on 5/27/25 at 10:15 am
Posted on 5/27/25 at 4:23 pm to CAD703X
What I did years ago was decided which wall cavity I was going into. Drill a hole in the top plate with a spade bit, bought some jack chain then drop down the cavity. The chain won't bind up on anything, and if it does keep bouncing it up and down til you see it through the whole where you are mounting the box.
Posted on 5/27/25 at 7:21 pm to idlewatcher
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Can't believe they would charge for a service provided!
Used to be included in your total plan. They don’t like it either because it costs them sales
Posted on 5/27/25 at 7:49 pm to The Levee
Had a local electrician do mine, i don't remember ever a time where bestbuy would crawl through attics and do a cable drop.
It was pricey, 100% worth it, frick wifi.
It was pricey, 100% worth it, frick wifi.
Posted on 5/27/25 at 8:26 pm to The Levee
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My electrician
Lawd no
I know pretty much every low voltage guy in Metairie. The trick is finding one who isn’t so busy they will make time for 6 drops.
Posted on 5/28/25 at 8:06 am to TigerWise
I’m asking for another estimate to drop 1-2 lines instead of 6.
I’ll just use the Eero or TPLink mesh system. Best Buy guy is big on Eero for some reason. Anyone have experience?
I’ll just use the Eero or TPLink mesh system. Best Buy guy is big on Eero for some reason. Anyone have experience?
Posted on 5/28/25 at 9:28 am to The Levee
TP link better for the buck. Eero software may be better for content control but antennas are typically very bad for the $. Have to go to the 6 Pro Eero just do get dual 160hz 5g antennas like the cheap x55. I don’t think Eero even makes a high-end product that has several radios but I don’t know. Both are worry free.
If you want performance without having to use wires, the deco x90 has triple the 5g bandwidth(6x 160). Throughput should come close to a wired x55(or Eero 6 PRO) mesh without having to run the wires.
Oops wrong thread but you get the idea. Low radio count mesh are better than high end mesh once wired. Need lots of radios to maintain throughout without wires.
If you want performance without having to use wires, the deco x90 has triple the 5g bandwidth(6x 160). Throughput should come close to a wired x55(or Eero 6 PRO) mesh without having to run the wires.
Oops wrong thread but you get the idea. Low radio count mesh are better than high end mesh once wired. Need lots of radios to maintain throughout without wires.
This post was edited on 5/28/25 at 9:32 am
Posted on 5/28/25 at 10:26 am to CAD703X
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what sorcery is this?? Glow in the dark fishing cable?
No. They are 6 foot flexible rods that can screw together for fishing cable down walls, across attics, etc.
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