[Hidden-tech] know anyone who can pull ethernet 1 floor to home ofc & test the thruput?

[Tom Adams- Reelife Productions]

can someone explain why extending the wireless network isn't a good  
option here?

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On Nov 8, 2009, at 8:29 PM, Joseph Steig <josephsteig at gmail.com> wrote:

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> some notes on this subject from LifeHacker:
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> http://lifehacker.com/5398668/wire-your-house-with-ethernet-cable?skyline=true&s=i
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> On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 9:40 PM, David Morf <davidtoday at comcast.net>  
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> Need a little advice…  On the 2nd floor of our home, I’ve got a  
> TM402P Touchtone telephony & data modem from Comcast, and a Data-Lin 
> k 524 router modem.  I need to shift my home office to a better work 
>  space in the house.  To do this, I need to run an Ethernet cable di 
> rectly through a hole drilled between the floors (not threaded throu 
> gh the ancient plaster wall) from the 2nd floor to the 3rd floor, do 
>  the end clips, and then test the results for good throughput.  I ne 
> ed hardwire linkage for best throughput, and can’t move the modem an 
> d router to the 3rd floor because that would kill wireless to the 1s 
> t floor (I’ve been advised by my 29-year partner in life that  
> it’s a family decision that there shall be no holes drilled down int 
> o the 1st floor for network cables).  Comcast said that a licensed e 
> lectrician should do all the Ethernet work.  Is that information cor 
> rect, and does anybody have suggestions for who might do that work i 
> n the college-streets area of Holyoke?
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> Thanks very much,
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