Internet/phone for those 'studio rooms' that landlords love

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deltadelta

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#71631 14-Nov-2010 08:33

My olds are thinking about joining the club of said landlords, but doing it right. So they want the option to have all 5 rooms in a house having the option of separate phone + DSL accounts. If my understanding is correct, does this mean potentially 5 cables and 5 ETPs to the property? Or is there a different way of doing things?

Edit: i.e To avoid situations like http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=66&topicid=69847

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#404390 14-Nov-2010 08:54

Hi, you would need to talk to Telecom get them to send a line works manager out to evaluate what you want to do. Its quite common for flats that yes you end up with a complete new drop for each flat, messy for sure.

However you could convince Chorus to drop say a 7 or 10 pair cable and have a MDF install (as would be the case in a commercial or high rise apartment building) this would simply be a box about the size of a shoe box with Krone type blocks in it to terminate the Telecom lines and the room lines for cross connection. Ideally it would need to be secured but so Telecom can access without interaction.

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#404498 14-Nov-2010 15:22

Thanks for that, sounds expensive-ish but doing something properly usually is :)

Is it something I would request from Chorus (only Chorus?) directly? As I was thinking the state of NZ telecoms is you have Line companies (that own and maintain hardware and cables) that lease capacity to Telcos (e.g. Telecom and other ISPs). And could it be laid and not "lit" until the occupants opted for it?

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#404504 14-Nov-2010 15:40

Hi, all internal wiring is the building owners responsibility, however all wiring must be delivered to the Demarcation point. This same point is where Telecom or Telstra if they are in the area will deliver their leadin too, it is then up to each Telco to jumper their service to the flat when and as required. You can run your own leadin, however if its an aerial drop you should not, further to get short runs of 10pair gelled amoured cable is probably going to cost more than just getting Chorus to do it.

I suspect that unless the building is on seperate titles or clearly an apartment block rather than bunch of flats that you might have trouble getting Chorus to come to the party, but its worth a try. Ideally they would like this demarcation in a locked common area where unwanted fingers cannot gain access.

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sarahk

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#408274 23-Nov-2010 14:49

Get them to add Naked Broadband onto the rent and then supply the internet for free and the users can buy VOIP from providers like kiwilink for free.

We're landlords and I don't think I'd want to do that but its about the only way you are going to get around the wiring problem. We wanted a 3rd line on our account (permanent call forwarding) and neither Telecom nor Telstra could help us out - they all needed a land line termination.

Why don't your parents rent out the house as a house and have the tenants under one lease as flatmates - then they organise the line in.