[UCIMC-Tech] IMC Telephone system in the basement

[Chris Ritzo]

The punchdown boxes are largely not in use, but are in use for groups who
want their own phone service. For instance, C4A the main group upstairs on
the second floor, has their own land line and the phone company used the
punchdown box for that.

The IMC is using Comcast voice, and how it's set up in the building is only
partially documented. I could use some help with that if you're interested.
If you know how the punchdown boxes work, that knowledge would be of great
use to Tech in tracing the existing cabling that's in use, & mapping it's
path through the building. We'd then be set to expand (and remove old crap
that's just old & there & non-functioning)

We could run a phone cable to BTP as you suggest, but no other working
groups have this, so I'm inclined to support a longer-term solution (such as
setting up Asterix) that would allow us to provide a more robust service to
all groups building wide.

Let me know if you'd like to help with any of that.

thanks,
Chris

On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 3:43 PM, <fiscella at gmail.com> wrote:

> The PBX would be mostly beyond my experience.  I'm not sure how much
> we'd use extensions, we don't exactly have a receptionist.
>
> We might just run a phone cable from the room and punch it in as an
> extension.  That'd let us share the outside dial tone and make any
> necessary calls, right?  Is the post office still using the same
> punchdown box that we have in the hall?
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Chris Ritzo <chris.ritzo at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi Jay & Phil,
> > The last effort I put in on this was to track down & document the IMCs
> phone
> > service and to test lines to the room. We have Comcast business with
> digital
> > voice and I believe there are two lines usable from the cable modem.
> >
> > Our next steps would be to look at setting up some sort of free PBX
> computer
> > such as Asterix http://www.asterisk.org/
> >
> > which would allow us to add functions like voice mail, extensions for
> > different working groups, etc.
> >
> > this is the direction we'd like to go in, and if you are interested in
> > helping Phil, let's talk more.
> >
> > -Chris
> >
> > On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Jay Schubert <jay.schubert at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Techsters,
> >> Can anyone update me on where things were left with the IMC wired phones
> >> in the basement?   We used to have phone service in our space and I
> recall
> >> that at one point there was some attempt to restore it, however I don't
> know
> >> what happened or what the current situation is.   We have a volunteer
> (cc'd
> >> on this mail) who is familiar with telephone systems and is willing to
> put
> >> in some work if it is still an option which can be explored.
> >> Please let us know.
> >> Thanks,
> >> Jay
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