Usually per drop, adjusted for run length, ceiling type, whether conduit is required, and how much work happens after hours. Beware of per-hour quotes on defined projects: a fixed written scope after an on-site visit is the industry-standard way to keep the number honest.

Most single-suite jobs run one to three days on site. The calendar time is driven more by scheduling, after-hours windows, building access, coordination with other trades, than by the pulling itself.

It should not, and you should ask any contractor exactly how they plan to avoid it. The standard playbook: noisy and dusty phases after hours, systems cut over in scheduled windows, and the old setup kept live until the new one is proven.

Commercial low voltage work in Arizona is contractor-licensed work, and property managers and general contractors will ask for the license number, bonding, and insurance certificates before badge access. If a bid is dramatically cheaper, this is often the corner being cut.

The cabling contractor owns the physical layer: pathways, cable, terminations, panels, testing, and documentation. Your IT provider owns configuration: switches, Wi-Fi settings, firewalls, and applications. The handoff between them is a labeled, tested, verified plant, and when that line is clear, troubleshooting later is fast.

Testing and verification on every port, labeled panels and faceplates that match a documented scheme, and photos of the finished work. If a contractor does not volunteer these, ask before signing, because retrofitting labels and testing after the fact is expensive.

Cat6 covers most office drops today. Cat6A costs modestly more and carries 10 gigabit at full distance, which matters for access points, backbone links, and anything you plan to keep for ten years. The honest answer is mixed: Cat6A where it pays off, Cat6 where it does not.

Sometimes. Existing runs can be tested for a fraction of the cost of replacing them, and the results tell you which runs are genuinely reusable, which are marginal, and which are the reason the network has been flaky. Test first, replace second.

The usual differences hide in what is not written down: whether every port gets tested and verified, whether the panels get labeled and documented, whether after-hours work carries a premium, what the workmanship warranty covers, and whether the crew is licensed and insured for commercial work. Compare scopes line by line, not totals.

For a move into existing space, two to four weeks of lead time is comfortable. For a build out, involve the cabling contractor during design, because closet location, pathways, and sleeves have to be decided before drywall, and those decisions are cheap early and expensive late.