Commercial Account Cost Questions

[david_jr]

Trying to help out my cousin. I am a DISH guy for the last 18 years and know not near as much about D*. Cousin is trying to open an "establishment" on the 1st floor of a 5 story building. Says building as it sits is wired for TWC and is 3 years old. He got a quote from D* for install at $4500 he thinks is high. He says they say 1000 feet of RG6 (includes from roof to first floor plus runs in the room), 12 receivers, 10 @ $125 apiece and 2 for free (don't know what models) and 24 hours of labor @ $70 per hour. I have never been involved with commercial accounts but I figure they're more than residential, but seems a bit high. Anyone here know about commercial account costs and is this a reasonable estimate and is there room to dicker? Should any of the TWC wiring be reused? Thanks.

 

[Zashel]

who did he call to get that quote from? if it was a retailer, have him call the HSP in his area.

 

[david_jr]

Not sure who he called. What is HSP? Pardon my ignorance.

 

[PATECO]

David,

It all depends on the work required to get the wiring done. Their labor rate sounds good. We charge $100/hr for commercial in S Florida, but the number of hours sounds high. Additionally, the HD Receivers should be $99 not $125 as that is DIRECTV's retail price for commercial HD receivers. I would suggest getting additional estimates from other local commercial dealers. If they all come in about the same, then you will know you are not being overcharged.

 

[david_jr]

Thank you very much for the replies.

 

[Hutch1814]

Not sure who he called. What is HSP? Pardon my ignorance.

Home service provider, multiband (Goldman networks), mastec, skylink (if they're still around)

 

[Claude Greiner]

Send me a PM. I can probably cut down the entire cost of that job including equipment to a few hundred dollars.

 

[Bodo Fenrirsson]

Adding my "lack of knowledge" 2 cents,could this be a fiber-optic cable install(which was discussed in another thread),& that would cause the price to be high?

 

[Claude Greiner]

Adding my "lack of knowledge" 2 cents,could this be a fiber-optic cable install(which was discussed in another thread),& that would cause the price to be high?

Probably not.

The costs are too high to do fiber at the moment.

I think you would be looking at 4 grand just in equipment.

 

[peds48]

Adding my "lack of knowledge" 2 cents,could this be a fiber-optic cable install(which was discussed in another thread),& that would cause the price to be high?

Why? I wired a 25 story riser using coax just fine...

 

[Bodo Fenrirsson]

Why? I wired a 25 story riser using coax just fine...

"Flavor of the month?"

 

[peds48]

"Flavor of the month?"

?

 

[Bodo Fenrirsson]

?

Current fad installing Directv over fiber(for those who can afford it)

 

[Claude Greiner]

I wired the 29 story federal building in Detroit using coax.

Screw fiber

 

[Zashel]

I wired the 29 story federal building in Detroit using coax.

Screw fiber

*twitch* nightmare...

 

[Bodo Fenrirsson]

I wired the 29 story federal building in Detroit using coax.

Screw fiber

I'm not regular without my "fiber."

 

[Claude Greiner]

*twitch* nightmare...

Wasn't a bad job.

The worst part was removing the fire stop between all the floors and being escorted by the FBI on their floors.

The FBI wouldn't allow any splices in the cable for amplifiers. That saved me lots of time, but had to re-engineer all the amplification at the last minute.