Cost of installing phone points
Discussion
I need 10 or so phone points installed to a industrial unit - just had a large company come for a chat about new phone systems too.
Now the company which might have the letters T and B in the name said that it would costs about £1200 to do the sockets however ''don't say nothing but I can get an engineer to do it for about £600''
Now seeing as he just halved the price is £600 a fair price for that sort of job?
Seems a lot still?
Will call for a few private quotes but would be good to get a heads up before hand...
Now the company which might have the letters T and B in the name said that it would costs about £1200 to do the sockets however ''don't say nothing but I can get an engineer to do it for about £600''
Now seeing as he just halved the price is £600 a fair price for that sort of job?
Seems a lot still?
Will call for a few private quotes but would be good to get a heads up before hand...
Is the 600 "cash"? Its the kind of job you dont want to cut corners on as its poinless if a few of the points don't work
Its quite easy for a standard sparky to do as well
What phone system? How long are you in the building for?
If it was me I would flood cat 5e/6 the building, but I know how to do it so would be cheap!
Its quite easy for a standard sparky to do as well
What phone system? How long are you in the building for?
If it was me I would flood cat 5e/6 the building, but I know how to do it so would be cheap!
The £600 is just for the wiring for the site - correct?
If your having 8 lines then is that 8 channels on an ISDN30 or 8 Analogue lines with say Featureline as a "system". Presumably there are install cost for the Analogue/ISDN connections. Typically £100ish for the Analogue's and for ISDN30's as the install costs are higher typically they might be offered 'free' but built into a longer term contract with marginally higher line rental.
If your having 8 lines then is that 8 channels on an ISDN30 or 8 Analogue lines with say Featureline as a "system". Presumably there are install cost for the Analogue/ISDN connections. Typically £100ish for the Analogue's and for ISDN30's as the install costs are higher typically they might be offered 'free' but built into a longer term contract with marginally higher line rental.
Dave_ST220 said:
Will you have networked PC's? If you will and they are proposing hard wiring telephone points you are wasting time & ££. As above, flood wire the place with CAT5e/CAT6, that way it will be easy to switch points between voice/data.
Yes we will have about 7 PC's networked to a server.So the one cable can be used for the PC's and the phones?
Mr Overheads said:
The £600 is just for the wiring for the site - correct?
If your having 8 lines then is that 8 channels on an ISDN30 or 8 Analogue lines with say Featureline as a "system". Presumably there are install cost for the Analogue/ISDN connections. Typically £100ish for the Analogue's and for ISDN30's as the install costs are higher typically they might be offered 'free' but built into a longer term contract with marginally higher line rental.
It's not the ISDN30 it's the one down I think - ISDN with 7 'trip overs' I think is what it's called. All install is free as we are going on an one plan option with BT. If your having 8 lines then is that 8 channels on an ISDN30 or 8 Analogue lines with say Featureline as a "system". Presumably there are install cost for the Analogue/ISDN connections. Typically £100ish for the Analogue's and for ISDN30's as the install costs are higher typically they might be offered 'free' but built into a longer term contract with marginally higher line rental.
They are charging for the 'box' (about 2k) and the wiring (£600).
If I can get the PC guy to do the wiring for both that would be great. Will give him a call!
samrr said:
Dave_ST220 said:
Will you have networked PC's? If you will and they are proposing hard wiring telephone points you are wasting time & ££. As above, flood wire the place with CAT5e/CAT6, that way it will be easy to switch points between voice/data.
Yes we will have about 7 PC's networked to a server.So the one cable can be used for the PC's and the phones?
I think last time i got some CAT5 points installed it cost £40 a socket, but i do all my own cabling now - It's very easy to do if you buy the tools and have the time and inclination.
Depends a bit on what they need to do and how difficult a job it is, e.g. trunking, going through walls etc.
Depends a bit on what they need to do and how difficult a job it is, e.g. trunking, going through walls etc.
Not keen on VOIP - you can tell people that call from them and I think it sounds pretty rubbish IMO
The 2k 'box' can be had cheaper esp online however the phones are the most important part of the business and BT have 24/7 365 days a year call out within 4 hours they rekon! In the past they have been ok... So we thought we would go for it.
Just saved us £600 though on the wiring as the IT guy was going to lay CAT5 anyway!
Thanks PH!
The 2k 'box' can be had cheaper esp online however the phones are the most important part of the business and BT have 24/7 365 days a year call out within 4 hours they rekon! In the past they have been ok... So we thought we would go for it.
Just saved us £600 though on the wiring as the IT guy was going to lay CAT5 anyway!
Thanks PH!
LivinLaVidaLotus said:
samrr said:
Not keen on VOIP - you can tell people that call from them and I think it sounds pretty rubbish IMO
Only if it's done badly you can.I don't understand Voip really - just going on experience I wanted an insight to it and googled a few companies requested a call and they all sounded good however a bit 'distant' to our land lines.
I thought if they can't get it right we would sound crap!
Is there no difference when done correctly?
I thought if they can't get it right we would sound crap!
Is there no difference when done correctly?
samrr said:
I don't understand Voip really - just going on experience I wanted an insight to it and googled a few companies requested a call and they all sounded good however a bit 'distant' to our land lines.
I thought if they can't get it right we would sound crap!
Is there no difference when done correctly?
Pretty much all voice calls are compressed nowadays by the likes of BT but you would never know. VoIP is just a method or set of methods used to compress Voice onto an IP circuit or system. It is only as good as the IP circuits or system you have. Have you never used Skype or a webcam [audio only or with video] - this is VoIP obviously. I thought if they can't get it right we would sound crap!
Is there no difference when done correctly?
Think of it like converting an old cassette tape to cd and then sending the cd in an email to your mate.
Now if the person you are calling is VoIP too then you can pretty much get the calls for free. But thats not 100%.
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