Okay. Accept that there will be confusion when you use "cable drop" to mean different things. That's the price of not thinking through the terms you use. You know, like when "video" meant RF using F connectors and it also meant NTSC video using RCA connectors.

Here's a question: Can you run drop cables near power cabling? Yes. And no. Depends on what kind of signal is going over the cable. When you're planning your drops, that alone is enough reason to carefully NOT call everything a "drop."