September 01, 2007
Birch Restack
I'm on a month vacation, but I left jobs undone. The new call center in Torrance won't start 'til next year, but the Birch restack of the second floor is to be completed by the end of October. Meaning work will start in September.
I was going to need help anyhow, to run the cables. Have 50 or so new positions, but there are already some cables out there. I figured about 32 new cables, maybe as much as 40 if the rearranging of old doesn't stretch. No problem. I have the space for the new jacks, I've even mounted the panels for the new jacks.
What phone system they will be using was not finalized as of yesterday. VoIP is the preferred, but they may go with plain old analog Centrex. If they go analog I'll need the cables run to the analog patch jacks, the 2ru panel of 24 jacks, using 4 25-pair cables, to the BB to the right where the space is marked for cables 21-24.
Getting out to the floor will not be a problem:
I have cleared out all of the old 25-pair telephone cables and the old Netway cables (3-pair with modular connectors under the floor -- arrgh!) and RG-58 coax that I have no idea what it was used for so the underfloor is capable of taking our new runs. We can exit the terminal room in the corner, which comes out beyond the hallway so we can cone it off and leave it open during business hours.