Ethernet - Existing Home

[Matthew J. Brodeur]

   AFAIK, and this is due to living next to a telecomm contractor, almost
all types of wiring are covered by an electrician's license. There is
another type of license called "Fire Warning and Security System
Contractor" that is specifically, and ONLY for low-voltage systems like
networks.
   Now I haven't read the regs completely, so I may be very wrong, but I
believe that one needs at least the Contractor's license to do any kind of
wiring in MA.  I also have been told that a Master or Journeyman
Electrician can do data cable as well as line voltage work.
   If someone really wants to do the research they could start at:
http://www.state.ma.us/reg/boards/el/default.htm


-- 
     -Matt

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On Mon, 15 Jan 2001, Michael Bilow wrote:

> 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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