Hello,
Me and my mum are doing up a house for a student let, we want it to be a quality letting and so have had all the bedrooms and living room wired up with Cat5e and 2 satellite feeds from a multiswitch, incorporating 2 satellite ports, digital TV and radio in one faceplate.
What we didnt have done was telephone to each room. The idea was that students could have Sky/Sky+ if they so wanted and that of course needs a phone line.
The trouble is that the house will be let with all bills inclusive so we were never really intending for them to use the phone line (mobiles), let alone give a phone point in each room. Charging them for the phone bill is fine but this could be a problem if the renters dont know eachother, i.e. someone makes alot of calls and wont own up to it.
Can anyone think of a good system that will allow me to wire the phone lines for the rooms into a device like a switchboard that will allow us to keep track of/control the calls from the points in the room.
Bear in mind the idea is for this to be Sky compatible so whatever is installed will have to be able to let a Sky box make calls with no problems. (I think Sky boxes can dial a prefix)
Also, I read that no matter the number of extensions BT sockets can have only so many devices connected at one time (If I remember right, 4) will the switchboard (if thats what I need) count as 1 device, or however many devices are plugged into it?
I hope ive been at least a little clear
Thanks!
Me and my mum are doing up a house for a student let, we want it to be a quality letting and so have had all the bedrooms and living room wired up with Cat5e and 2 satellite feeds from a multiswitch, incorporating 2 satellite ports, digital TV and radio in one faceplate.
What we didnt have done was telephone to each room. The idea was that students could have Sky/Sky+ if they so wanted and that of course needs a phone line.
The trouble is that the house will be let with all bills inclusive so we were never really intending for them to use the phone line (mobiles), let alone give a phone point in each room. Charging them for the phone bill is fine but this could be a problem if the renters dont know eachother, i.e. someone makes alot of calls and wont own up to it.
Can anyone think of a good system that will allow me to wire the phone lines for the rooms into a device like a switchboard that will allow us to keep track of/control the calls from the points in the room.
Bear in mind the idea is for this to be Sky compatible so whatever is installed will have to be able to let a Sky box make calls with no problems. (I think Sky boxes can dial a prefix)
Also, I read that no matter the number of extensions BT sockets can have only so many devices connected at one time (If I remember right, 4) will the switchboard (if thats what I need) count as 1 device, or however many devices are plugged into it?
I hope ive been at least a little clear
Thanks!
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