CAT cable installation - NYC electrician recommendation

You can see if some local home theater shops will do it.  I found a home theater store near me who does this service, and Magnolia within Best Buy told me they would do this as well.

I ended up doing the job myself using Cat6 STP.

Thanks Mike!

You might look for a contractor specializing in low-voltage wiring. They can be considerably less expensive than electricians.

At least here in Portland, electricians don’t always have much experience with signal wiring. When my room was wired by an electrician, I had to re-do one of the network terminations myself. It was badly crimped. All the AC power work was first rate.

Thanks Erik ---
I'll probably go with Cat 6 shielded.  My needs are audio and not over a long distance.

Based on this:

https://computernetworktopology.com/types-of-ethernet-cables/

Since you are going to be near a lot of noise sources, just make sure what is installed is shielded, and that you have the appropriate switch for it. I believe, but am not sure if shielded Ethernet requires fancy switches with grounded plugs.  I say this based on my experience in a trade show in a NYC hotel room.  Man, you pick up everything.

Seems 6a is the highest performance cable right now, but it’s going to be a very very long time before you need 6a/10 GBps, unless you run a server farm.

Based on cost performance, it seems Cat 6 (shielded) is a very good choice, but ask your installer about cost differences.