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| Thread ID: 90638 | 2008-06-10 23:58:00 | Telecom or electrician? | Greg (193) | Press F1 |
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| 677401 | 2008-06-11 04:53:00 | Bear in mind normal ethernet cables & telephone extension cables are not intended for outdoor use and will not be a good long term solution. They break down from UV and are not completely waterproof. If you dig a small trench and either get proper external cable and/or make a conduit from some 20mm pvc pipe available from a plumbing supplier that would be far superior. the pipe would protect the cable form accidental cuts from people digging holes etc. If you would like to pay someone a sparky can do the job and is probably cheaper, but the telecom contractors ( chorus now actually ) are better qualified for this type of work. Your call, most likely either would be fine. Either way if you do some of the work yourself it should make the job cheaper. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 677402 | 2008-06-11 05:04:00 | Metz... take a drive down here and do it for me? I promise you and yer missus and kidlets a meal you'll never forget! Dannz lives in Napier. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 677403 | 2008-06-11 07:17:00 | Bear in mind normal ethernet cables & telephone extension cables are not intended for outdoor use and will not be a good long term solution. They break down from UV and are not completely waterproof. Sure thats not what they are designed to do, But hell, Mine have been there for a good 4 years, when they fail I'll replace em. They are pinned up under the guttering, and only completely exposed where they are suspended between the house and the shed. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 677404 | 2008-06-11 07:45:00 | WIRELESS. Check out dicksmiths, wireless modem (www.dse.co.nz) and adaptor (www.dse.co.nz), all for less then $200. Set up in 10min |
plod (107) | ||
| 677405 | 2008-06-11 08:21:00 | Running a telephone cable would be medium difficuilty and price, but you might find your connection speed/quality is bad Running a LAN cable on the other hand would be easiest and probably cheapest, and you'd have no problems with speed/quality Wireless might also work but you might not get a great signal and it would be more expensive |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 677406 | 2008-06-11 08:30:00 | WIRELESS. Check out dicksmiths, wireless modem (www.dse.co.nz) and adaptor (www.dse.co.nz), all for less then $200. Set up in 10min Kinda expensive. It might be better just to get a long Ethernet cable and use that. Quality and speed would probably be the same. |
beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 677407 | 2008-06-11 08:35:00 | Kinda expensive. It might be better just to get a long Ethernet cable and use that. Quality and speed would probably be the same. I'm sure if Greg was to look hard enough he could get a lot cheaper. Requires no effort. |
plod (107) | ||
| 677408 | 2008-06-11 10:08:00 | Running a telephone cable would be medium difficuilty and price, but you might find your connection speed/quality is bad Running a LAN cable on the other hand would be easiest and probably cheapest, and you'd have no problems with speed/quality Wireless might also work but you might not get a great signal and it would be more expensive Explain why adding 20M to the distance from the exchange would affect speed/quality if done with proper cable. If by LAN cable you mean something with just a plug on either end, it might be cheaper than having to buy a jackpoint but the ease would be no different. Wireless is more expensive to start with then you have to secure it. |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 677409 | 2008-06-11 10:19:00 | :) | Trev (427) | ||
| 677410 | 2008-06-11 17:50:00 | Dannz lives in Napier. Quoi? How did Dannz come in? Did you mean "Metz"? Cheers :) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
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