Data & Network Cabling Yallambie

Yes. In Australia, any cabling that connects to the telecommunications network must be installed by an ACMA registered cabler. Bitz Electrical is registered and licensed, so your cabling is legal, compliant and covered.

Yes, and it is our most common request here. Yallambie's 1970s and 80s homes often step across levels to suit the slope, and a single router on one floor rarely reaches the others. We run cabling to hardwired access points on each level and link them back to a central point, so coverage stays strong throughout instead of fading as you move between floors.

In most cases, yes. Homes of that era were built with at most a phone point or two and no data cabling, so the network relies entirely on Wi-Fi struggling through brick walls and between levels. Running proper structured cabling to the rooms you use gives you a faster, more reliable connection and adds a genuine convenience for the next owner if you ever sell.

Yes. Old phone and coax points in older homes are usually no use for a modern network. We can run new Cat6 cabling to proper RJ45 data outlets in the same or better locations, wired back to a central point, so you have a fast, reliable connection where you need it rather than a legacy point that does nothing.

Both look similar, but Cat6A carries a full 10 Gbps across a 100m run while Cat6 only manages 10 Gbps over short distances, dropping to 1 Gbps beyond that. Cat6A also has better shielding against interference. For most homes Cat6 is plenty, but for business networks, Wi-Fi 6 access points or anything you want to last a decade or more, Cat6A is the safer choice.

Yes. In a split-level or two-storey home, a router on one floor rarely reaches the rest of the house well. Rather than adding another repeater, we run cabling to a hardwired access point on the problem level, so coverage is strong and stable throughout instead of dropping off as you change floors.

Copper, such as Cat6 or Cat6A, is the right choice for most points inside a home or office and runs up to 100m. Fibre is used when you need to cover longer distances, link separate buildings or floors, or run a high-speed backbone. Many jobs use both: fibre for the backbone and copper to each outlet. We assess the site and recommend the mix that fits.

It depends on how each room is used. As a guide, we usually run two points behind a television or desk, points at any Wi-Fi access point location, and extra points in a home office or study. It is cheaper to run a few spare points during the initial work than to add them later, so we plan for a little headroom.

Yes. We test every installation with Fluke equipment and provide printed certification, so you have documented proof that each cable meets standard.

Yes, and it is the ideal time. While walls are open during a renovation or extension we can run structured cabling to every room at a fraction of the disruption of retrofitting later. We coordinate with your builder and work in during the rough-in stage so the cabling is concealed in the finished home.

A few extra points in an existing home is often a half-day to a day. A full structured cabling job across a split-level home usually takes one to two days depending on the number of points and access, since linking the levels takes more careful routing. We give you a realistic timeframe with your written quote.

Yes. We run the internal cabling and data points that connect to your NBN service, tidy up the lead-in and set up a central point so your network runs cleanly from the connection out to each room.

Yes. All our work is backed by a lifetime workmanship guarantee, so if anything we have installed is ever at fault, we come back and put it right. Where a full certified system is installed, the components can also carry a manufacturer system warranty.

Cabling done by someone who is not registered can be non-compliant, may void insurance, and often has to be redone before it will pass. It can also cause faults and dropouts that are hard to trace. Using a registered cabler means the work is legal, tested and documented from the start.

It depends on the number of points, the cable type and access to the building. We assess the site and provide a written quote before any work begins, with no variations.