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post #1 of 10
7/11/00 at 12:08pm
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Is anyone familiar with the onQ system? I've found out that this is who my townhouse builder uses and we have to use them or no one.. Kind of a pain, but I can live with it.. Any suggestions on what modules to get and what are essential?

Any thoughts?

Thanks,

Josh

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post #2 of 10
7/11/00 at 12:54pm
OnQ is an AMP product. Their distribution panel is pretty standard ... coax distribution hub, coax hub, phone punch down, etc. I don't have a clue how you'd get information on the product ... www.ampOnQ.com has a redirect to a site that doesn't provide a clue as to where to get the product information.

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post #3 of 10
7/11/00 at 12:58pm
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The only info I have been able to find is www.onqtech.com

I need to sit down with the sales rep, but i have this feeling that she is not going to be of any help.

Josh
post #4 of 10
7/11/00 at 4:32pm
Josh, sadly, you're probably right. Who does the sales rep work for.

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post #5 of 10
7/11/00 at 9:23pm
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The sales rep works for a company called Ranger American of Georgia.. Any experience with them?

Thanks,

Josh
post #6 of 10
7/11/00 at 11:52pm
onQ and Ranger American have a similar setup/arrangement here in Plano, Texas. They charge excessive amounts of $$ to wire a house IMHO, but for the average person who doesn't know how to wire or what a Cat5 run is, they have a very nice product offering. I wired my own home during the construction phase and it saved me over $1500. Of course, I did have to do it in 100 degree Texas heat so that may be worth $1500 to some people http://www.avsforum.com/ubb/smile.gif



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post #7 of 10
7/12/00 at 6:51am
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pjenkins, I wholeheartedly agree.. I think what they charge is a little steep, unfortunately if I don't let them wire my place, the only time I can do wiring is after all the sheet rock is up and the house is built which would probably wind up costing double anyway. On a positive note, at least it goes into my mortgage.

Josh
post #8 of 10
7/13/00 at 3:18pm
Josh:

Keep in mind that the layout of the wiring is what's important, not the OnQ (or whatever brand)hardware.

The most important thing is to do "home run" wiring (i.e., all coax, telephone, and Cat-5 terminating at a single location, without splitters in between). If you can get them to do this (including trimming out the outlets in each room) & let you put in your own splitters, ethernet switch, etc. at the central "hub" location, you will be best off.

Depending on the configuration, the cost of the OnQ hardware isn't that big of a deal, in any case. If you want to know where to find pricing of all of the various OnQ components online, let me know & I'll point you in the right direction.

Regards
BB
post #9 of 10
7/13/00 at 3:24pm
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BB, thanks for the input..I know that they will do a Home Run configuration and they will terminate each outlet.. They are charging what I consider a premium. $50 for each Coax & Phone outlet and $75 for each Cat 5 outlet.. I think it's expensive, but i have no choice in the matter.

I would love to know a great place to get pricing on the onQ system. I might have them set me up with all the wire a few hardware pieces and I can upgrade on my own.

Thanks,

Josh
post #10 of 10
7/14/00 at 9:55pm
$50 and $75 is not a bad price for cable runs. I'm in the interconnect
business and I charge my clients more. ( they are however businesses ,offices stores ect. I don't do residential ) You should tell them to give you a print out of the cat 5 certification for the cat 5 cables. I'd also have them run cat 5 for the telephones as well for future communications needs.
To re-do those runs after the sheetrock is up could be a real pain.
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