Very much agreed - my otherwise very good electrician had to be watched like a hawk when it came to the LAN, and he still didn't use the best of cables....... nor did he know how to verify their integrity once pulled. I had one run that clearly had a fault that rendered it inoperative. And for assorted reasons it was impossible to pull another cable through. But I did come up with a work-round - ethernet cables and connectors typically have 8 wires, only 4 of which are used in the working circuit. I discovered that 2 of the normally used wires were broken, and therefore I could cross wire 2 of the "spares" to get me a working connection. Not a perfect solution (there are certain situations where you might want all 8 wires...), and it's important to make a physical note of that cross-wiring at both ends of the run - otherwise, a few years later, you or somebody else could get very confused!
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