[RKDinOKC]

Oh man, getting my one network cable fixed was expensive. It had a tiny hole in the cable where the tree fell thru the roof the other winter.

Called 3 geeks and told them I need a new wire pulled. The said they could fixit. Sent a guy out that tested the wire and put new ends on it. Then when that didn't fix it said they don't pull wires any more! Was a bit upset cause I told them that's what I needed and they charged me $150 dollars and wasn't able to do what I initially asked for. They gave me the name of a company "they used to pull wire."

That company called four times in 3 days and kept asking me what I needed done. Told them I needed a new wire pulled where and exiting older wire was having speed problems. Even said all it would take was taping the new wire end to the old one and pulling it thru the 50 ft run and put the ends on it.

After the three days of no body coming out I call another company from a web site like Angie's list. It came up towards the front on google. The guy immediately schedule an appointment for the next day. He came out and checked the wire like the 3 geeks guy and said it needed a new wire pulled like I had originally said. Said he would have to come back to pull it and charged $75.

Came back the next day and pulled the new wire. Just taped it to the old one and pulled it thru. Put new ends on it, plugged it and a bam gigabit! Total time 15 minutes. Charged me another $75 for pulling the wire. Checked over the old wire and did find the tiny hole in the same location as were the tree limb had fallen thru the roof.

Total bill was $300 for $10 worth of connectors and wire and a very easy and quick 15 minute job of pulling the wire thru were a wire already existed. The whole job was exactly what I originally asked for and if they had just done what I originally asked would have only been one trip and $75.

Arrgh.

It is nice to have the wire for my servers back up to speed.