January 10, 2004
Mission Impossible
Your mission, Mr. Phelps, is to install two Voice Accquisition Modules in two days. Oh, we changed the plans this morning, forget the previous layouts.
The cheapskates want one module for both floors. In the '81 building I have slots for 156 positions on the first floor, and 144 on the 2nd floor. Didn't count 'cause it doesn't matter how many are in use -- they move so I have to wire everything. They will only be monitoring 161.
I have to mount the BBs and slap down 25 M66-50 punchdown blocks. I have to pull the 13 25-pair cables from the first floor thru a hole in the ceiling/floor to the BB and 12 cables from the 2nd floor rack to the BB and 24 cables from where the VAM will sit to the BB and then punch down all 1225 pairs.
Roughly the same in the '41 building, 'cept only one floor and about 2/3rd's the cabling.
Start Monday, ready Tuesday.
Oh, also need to install a new Switches, one in each building, in the LAN racks. With fiber connections from each switch to both routers, one in each building.
All this while continuing to carry Don's and Joe's regular loads since they upped and retired.
Fortunately, our regular customer is the 'Phone company and we can tell them they'll have to wait a week or two for their service.