Pulling Wire Through a Central Vacuum System?

call -151 asks: "A friend of mine has a nonworking central vacuum system in her house and I was offering to help her use the tubing as conduits and pull cable to distribute her network throughout the place. Has anyone done this and have any advice to offer? It should go smoothly but I'm sure there are some things I'm not thinking about." Of course, not everone can expect to have a CVS (pun intended) in their own home, but this was just odd enough where it deserved a post. Anyone have any URLs that describe exactly what a Central Vacuum System is, and how it worked?

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I've done this before

[duffbeer703]

I used to have a 24-hour CVS about two blocks from my home, and two friends and I decided that it would be a good idea to wire it up for broadband. (That way, we could check Slashdot while waiting for perscriptions to be filled with our laptops)

We were going to install our own conduits, but the big problem was that the store manager would not allow us to run CAT 5 from the house through the store.

We waited until 3am to have our MAN install party. We ran into the store with stockings on our heads and locked the night manager and cashier in the back room. Finally we were free to install our CAT-5.

Our plan was foiled when we ran across the magazine rack, and began lusting after the glossy's of Natalie Portman in People magazine. We ended up with a "hot grits" problem and before we could realize what was happening, we were arrested by the police. Those fascist cops (paid off by RIAA, no doubt) even started searching our laptops!!

I ended up in a cell with my friends and this guy who was permamently bent over with a gaping rectum. He kept muttering something about "those goddamn goats"

I got out on bail, but now I'm the same plight as Dmitry. I'm oppressed by "the man" and need free legal assistance!

Please help!

It has to be said...

[terpia]

I wonder if a Beowulf Cluster of CVS machines could suck the hot grits out of Natalie Portman's pants.....