Network Cabling South Africa

Network Cabling South Africa helps you find the best quote, fast, on network cabling and IT infrastructure work across South Africa. Describe the job once, and Leaderr approved providers who cover your area reply with prices.

• Tell us what you need: data points, structured cabling, WiFi, fibre, cameras, a cabinet or a repair.
• Providers who cover your area reply with availability and prices, and you compare them yourself.
• This website does not install, repair or supply anything.
• The provider you appoint does the work, tests it and sets its own terms.

What Providers Quote For

How It Works

• Describe the job. One short request: the building, the points and what you need.
• Providers reply. Those covering your area send availability and prices.
• You compare. Side by side, on scope and price, not on who answered first.
• You appoint. Directly with the provider. We are not party to the work.

Repair, Extend or Start Again

• Repair. Something has stopped working and the rest of the network is sound.
• Tidy up. It all works, but nobody can find anything in the cabinet.
• Extend. More desks than points, run from the cabinet you already have.
• Upgrade. Cat5e that will not carry what the new switches can.
• Start again. A new floor, a new building, or a shell with nothing in it.

What Changes the Price

• Number of points. The rate per point drops sharply once there are twenty or more.
• Cable grade. Cat6A costs roughly half as much again as Cat6 to supply and to pull.
• The building. An open ceiling is quick; chasing face brick is not.
• Containment. Tray, trunking and conduit are often half the materials bill.
• Distance. Long runs, and anything past a hundred metres that has to become fibre.
• Hours and access. A live office usually means evenings, a weekend or an induction.

Network Cabling Prices at a Glance

Ballpark ranges across the common jobs, so you can sanity-check a quotation.

What to Include in Your Request

• Address and building type. Office, warehouse, retail, residential or industrial.
• How many points. And roughly where they go: desks, ceiling, reception, boardroom.
• Wall and ceiling construction. Drywall, brick, concrete slab or a suspended ceiling.
• What you have now. Existing cabinet, switch, router and how many free ports.
• What you need. Cabling, WiFi, fibre, cameras, access control, a cabinet or a repair.
• Your deadline. It changes both the price and who can take the job.

Availability

• Fault callouts. Same day in the metros for a business with the network down.
• Small jobs. A handful of points is usually scheduled within the week.
• Office fit-outs. One to three weeks out, depending on the installer's book.
• Fibre with trenching. Longer, because of wayleaves, weather and reinstatement.
• Server rooms. Equipment lead times of six to sixteen weeks are normal.

Comparing Providers

• Compare scope, not totals. The cheapest quote is usually the one leaving the most out.
• Check the cable grade and brand. Unbranded Cat6 and a warranted system are not the same quote.
• Confirm testing is included. Certification per point is the line item most often missing.
• Ask what containment is allowed for. A quote with no tray is a quote for a different job.
• Check labelling and records. A cable schedule saves hours on every later callout.
• Ask about after-hours work. Whether evening and weekend time is included or extra.

Frequently Asked Questions