Distribute VoIP through house

tsue921i8wljb3

Hi, I've recently signed up with Blueface and as the service is working well I'm thinking of cancelling the Eircom line and porting the number.

I have several sockets throughout the house and would like to be able to use all of them with the VoIP service.

The Eircom line comes in through the attic from an overhead line and the two black wires are connected to a circular black palstic box with the internal house wiring. To achieve what I want is it enough to disconnect the two black wires and replace them with the centre pair from an RJ-11 cable connected to my ATA?

Also I'm concerned about a lightning strike. Is there a risk of fire if I leave the Eircom wires disconnected in the attic? Thanks.

DublinDilbert

Belen Nutritious Mud wrote: »

Hi, I've recently signed up with Blueface and as the service is working well I'm thinking of cancelling the Eircom line and porting the number.

I have several sockets throughout the house and would like to be able to use all of them with the VoIP service.

The Eircom line comes in through the attic from an overhead line and the two black wires are connected to a circular black palstic box with the internal house wiring. To achieve what I want is it enough to disconnect the two blak wires and replace them with the centre pair from an RJ-11 cable connected to my ATA?

Also I'm concerned about a lightning strike. Is there a risk of fire if I leave the Eircom wires disconnected in the attic? Thanks.

yea that should work fine hooking the internal wiring up to the ATA...

you might be best to stick a little junction box on the end of the old eircom line, or even tape them up.... as regards to lightning / fire, the line not being connected to anything will make no difference, i've seen installations where eircom just cut the wire and put nothing on it...

tsue921i8wljb3

Thanks for the reply DublinDilbert. I'll try it when the number has been ported successfully.

emul

Question that struck me - where is your broadband terminating and how? If Eircom are your BB supplier who are you replacing Eircom with. Blueface will only provision dialtone.

Eoin

tsue921i8wljb3

Question that struck me - where is your broadband terminating and how? If Eircom are your BB supplier who are you replacing Eircom with. Blueface will only provision dialtone.

Sorry I should have been more clear. My broadband connection is wireless from Irish Broadband. As it is working well I see no point in paying line rental to Eircom every month. Obviously if you had DSL broadband the situation wouldn't apply.

jimmycrackcorm

I use four dect phones around the house - does the job.

tsue921i8wljb3

I'm aware of the dect option but the sockets are there anyway with phones and if it is only a matter of replacing two wires it seems silly not to try it.

gerryo

Belen Nutritious Mud wrote: »

I'm aware of the dect option but the sockets are there anyway with phones and if it is only a matter of replacing two wires it seems silly not to try it.

Another DECT advantage, (if using GAP compliant handsets) is internal paging. You can make internal phone calls & still receive external calls.

Not sure if you can place calls on hold or transfer, maybe with some systems.

Moriarty

Just remember that the eircom line has live voltage over it. It'll chafe if you use the wrong tool to snip it

tsue921i8wljb3

Thanks for all the advice now hopefully the port from Eircom won't take too long.

Bozacke

Hi Navi,

I also have Irish Broadband and I've been thinking of doing something similar. What type of equipment (ATA, etc) are you using?

Thanks!!:)
Boz

tsue921i8wljb3

Bozacke wrote: »

Hi Navi,

I also have Irish Broadband and I've been thinking of doing something similar. What type of equipment (ATA, etc) are you using?

Thanks!!:)
Boz

Hi Boz I'm using a Linksys PAP2T ATA with a Linksys WRT54g router, though you can get ATA/router combos. My port from Eircom has gone through and I've connected the internal house wiring to the ATA. So far all is going well.

My only advice to you is to make sure your connection is suitable (packet loss, jitter) before spending money on hardware that may not work.