Network Cable Installation for Tampa Bay Businesses

Cat6 and Cat6A data cabling for offices, warehouses and new build-outs in Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater and across the Bay, installed, tested and labeled. We also clean up and label messy network closets: dead cable removed, patch cords cut to length, both ends of every cable labeled and documented.

Laptop and phone on a wireless network

Cabling built to standard, tested and labeled

Structured cabling is the permanent wiring in your walls and ceilings: every run from a desk, camera or wireless access point back to a patch panel in your network closet, and the links between closets. It usually outlasts the equipment plugged into it by many years, so it is worth getting right the first time.

Network closet cleanup and labeling

If your network closet has become a tangle that nobody can trace, A+ Cable Runners cleans it up for businesses across Tampa Bay. We record every connection first, remove cable and equipment that no longer serves anything, replace long coiled patch cords with ones cut to length, route cables through managers, and label both ends of every cable to match a written record. Because connections have to be unplugged and moved, the work can be done after hours or in planned sections. What a messy network closet is really costing you.

Copper: Cat6 and Cat6A

Cat6 is a good fit for most desk connections: computers, phones and printers. Cat6A is the better choice for Wi-Fi access points, connections that need 10-gigabit speeds over long distances, and large bundles of cables powering cameras and other devices. Both carry 1 gigabit over the full 100-meter channel; for 10 gigabit, Cat6 reaches 37 to 55 meters depending on how tightly cables are bundled, and Cat6A the full 100. Many offices use both. Read our Cat6 vs. Cat6A guide.

Fiber between closets, floors and buildings

Copper Ethernet is designed for runs of up to 100 meters, about 328 feet, including the patch cords. Fiber carries data much farther, and all-dielectric fiber cable, with no metal in it, does not conduct electricity, so it is the safer way to connect two buildings with separate electrical grounds. See our fiber optic cabling page.

Power over the network cable

Security cameras, Wi-Fi access points, desk phones and door controllers often draw their power through the same cable that carries their data, known as Power over Ethernet. We plan the cabling around the devices you are connecting, including the power they need over the cable.

Tested and labeled

Our technicians test each connection after installation, and cables are labeled and documented, so anyone working on your network later can match a jack to its port in the closet without unplugging anything.

Selected projects

  • Sheraton Sand Key Resort, Clearwater Beach: structured cabling throughout the floors of the property during its remodel, with a new 6-strand single-mode fiber optic backbone.
  • KnowBe4, Clearwater: structured cabling across four floors, including OM4 multimode fiber optic infrastructure between floors.
  • ZooTampa at Lowry Park, Tampa: structured network and fiber optic cabling, plus Verkada security cameras and access control infrastructure.

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FAQ

Your network is only as reliable as the cable behind it. Cabling that is installed to standard, tested and labeled delivers the speeds your equipment is rated for, can power cameras, phones and access points, and makes problems quick to trace. Poorly installed or untested cable causes slowdowns and dropouts that are hard to pin down.

Copper Cat5e, Cat6 and Cat6A, plus single-mode and multimode fiber optic cable. Cat6 suits most desk connections; Cat6A is the better choice for Wi-Fi access points, long 10-gigabit runs and dense bundles of powered devices; fiber connects network closets, floors and buildings.

Yes. We evaluate your current setup and what you need the network to support, then design a cabling plan that fits your building.

Yes. Older Cat5e is not automatically obsolete: it carries 1 gigabit over a full 100-meter channel, and the 2.5-gigabit standard was designed to run on it at full length, as the 5-gigabit standard was for Cat6, though older runs should be tested first. Cat6 carries 10 gigabit up to about 55 meters, and Cat6A the full 100. We can evaluate what you have and replace what needs it.

Copper Ethernet is designed for runs of up to 100 meters (about 328 feet), including patch cords, and can carry power to the devices it connects. Fiber carries data much farther: common 10-gigabit equipment is rated for about 300 meters on OM3 multimode fiber, about 400 meters on OM4, and up to 10 kilometers on single-mode. All-dielectric fiber cable, with no metal in it, does not conduct electricity, so it is also the safer link between buildings with separate electrical grounds.

Yes. Phones for internet-based phone systems plug into your office network, and many draw their power through the network cable, so every phone location needs a working jack, and phones powered over the cable need a switch port that supplies enough power. We can evaluate your existing cabling and add runs where phones need them.

Yes, we handle office moves. Plan the new space’s cabling early, ideally before the walls are closed up and well before move-in day, so the cable, jacks and network closet are ready when your equipment arrives.

We work around your schedule and keep disruption to a minimum while cabling is installed or replaced.

Yes. Cables are labeled and documented so anyone working on your network later can match a jack to its patch panel port without tracing cables by hand or unplugging anything.

Yes. Our larger projects include structured cabling through the floors of the Sheraton Sand Key Resort with a new single-mode fiber optic backbone, four floors for KnowBe4 in Clearwater with OM4 multimode fiber between floors, and network and fiber optic cabling at ZooTampa at Lowry Park.