[UCIMC-Tech] [Imc-bookkeeper] telephone in b2p workroom not working

[Chris Ritzo]

I spent some time beginning to document the phone infrastructure situation
in the building. I'm writing up my documentation on the imc wiki in the Tech
Admin docs which is password secured to the tech group. Once it's complete
I'm going to look at creating a Building Infrastructure section of the wiki
which would be protected to IMC members & place it there. I'll work with
Leon on that- he may have started something already. This could also be a
space for others to document infrastructure & building issues like the HVAC
system for instance.

Here's the rundown of what I found today:

- We are indeed on Comcast Voice. The cable modem service terminates on the
west wall of the boiler room. The cable modem has four phone ports, two of
which are active, one which is in use currently. Both lines below were
tested at the modem this morning and confirmed to be working.

*Line #1: 217-344-8820*
Active, in use phone line. This is the main number for the UC-IMC. The line
plugged into the modem runs along the ceiling in the boiler room, through
the maintenance room and along the basement east hall and terminates at the
telephone patch panels near the south basement door. Every few feet or so,
this gray cable is now marked with a green sharpie.

The phone line terminating in the Books to Prisoners space runs through the
wall, across the hallway and south to the same telephone patch panels. This
cable is also gray and now is marked "BTP" in green marker in several places
along the cable run.
**Somehow line #1 is patched to another cable run that terminates in the
first floor Finance office.
- *TO **D**O: this line needs to be traced back from the Finance office

**Line #2: 217-344-2536*
This is also an active line, though currently not in use. It may have been
used in the past as a separate fax line? I plugged a phone into it at the
cable modem and called my cell to confirm that it's working.

***SUGGESTION** - If this line is not in use, it could be used for BTP, or
another purpose. *I'm posting this here because I'm not certain whether it's
set aside for something or not. Tech group / others - can we talk consensus
on what to do with this second line?

*NEXT STEPS:*
- Trace phone line going to Finance/Production and document
- Re-patch cable running to BTP and test
    - NOTE:  I don't have a clear understanding of how the phone patch panel
is used to patch & connect lines. I'm doing some research, but if anyone has
expertise...
    - There are five large phone wire patching panels near the south door
and another one or two in the boiler room.These are part of the OLD phone
infrastructure of the post office and we've simply reused it. We can
certainly continue to do so, though I think we should put a box over the
patch panels after this.
    - We could also go with something much simpler and re-wire using some
standard phone junction box connectors at key points, eliminating the old
patch panels. Thoughts on this???

- Pending approval or whatever, we could run a phone line from the boiler
room to BTP. Given security concerns on that end of the building, lines
could also extend to the Family Room and the Bike Project.
- I'll leave it up to Building/Finance to determine that. Tech can implement
whatever is decided..

A final aside, tech has been talking about rewiring/re-securing phone and
data wiring for a while now. This is a longer term project- we have a
functioning network where we need it, but want to take it to the next level,
make it better looking more secure, etc. Just so folks are aware. It really
won't impact people except will clean up the wiring cable tied around pipes,
etc., and the network will be better documented for future techies. Brian
Duggan's been doing a rad job of recruiting some new folks into the IMC who
are tech-savvy, and it's my hope we can begin getting them involved in this
initiative maybe by summer.

ttfn -Chris

On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 6:13 AM, Chris Ritzo <chris.ritzo at gmail.com> wrote:

> Not sure. I think there are just a lot ofwirea running around and the phone
> stuff near the south file could have been snagged or pulled inadvertently. I
> plan to do some more tracing sat. and try to map out the lines so stuff is
> better documented.
>
> On Mar 2, 2011 8:50 PM, "Mike Lehman" <rebelmike at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>  Chris,
> Well, that's interesting. I didn't look closely the other day because I
> didn't have a light, but I thought things looked a little rough, even for
> something at the IMC.
>
> Since I didn't look in detail, I'm just speculating, but...
> Maybe someone was trying to steal copper and got interrupted?
>
> If so, yet another reason for improving security.
> Mike
>
>
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> On 3/2/2011 8:22 PM, Chris Ritzo wrote:
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> > I've taken an initial look at the phone situation and done a little
> tracing and testing. There'...
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