Ethernet - Existing Home

[mike at bilow.com (Michael Bilow)]

While this does not, as far I know, apply to Massachusetts, you should be
aware that running telephone and network wire is a regulated trade in
Rhode Island and Connecticut.  Just as you would not hire an electrical
contractor to do plumbing, you would not hire one to do network wiring.

I am not saying that this is necessarily an idea I would support,
especially since it costs me $100 per year to renew my master tradesman's
license, but the reason it evolved this way was because of encroachment
from the electricians.  In order to protect all of the people who were
doing telephone and network wiring from a threat to require an
electrician's license, a separate trade was created with its own license.

Be aware that some cities and towns require a building permit, too.

-- Mike


On 2001-01-14 at 16:34 -0500, Jerry Feldman wrote:

> Almost any electrician should be able to do this. The hard part is the 
> snaking of the wires. Last year we had an addition built onto our house, 
> and the electircian did a good job.
>
> "Bryan Strawser" wrote:
> > 
> > I recently purchased a home in Taunton and will be relocating there in March
> > from Quincy - I'd like to have this house (15 years old) wired for ethernet
> > in each room and a couple other needs that I have..
> > 
> > Any recommendations on a contractor/firm to do this work?  I could do it
> > myself but simply don't have the time to do so..


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