The main floor bathroom had several generations of security, phone, and network cables routed through holes in the ceiling, floor and walls. It was not a pretty sight. An adjacent closet contained multiple generations of phone equipment dating back at least 50 years. We either removed or relocated all of these to more appropriate locations.
All network and computer cables now terminate in a central wiring closet along with connections to our outside service providers. Patch panels give us the capability to rapidly troubleshoot and re-route problematic connections from anywhere in the facility. This results in a robust technology infrastructure and a welcome cosmetic improvement to the offices.
We upgraded our Internet from DSL to broadband which required new equipment to be purchased and configured. We now have about 10 times the speed at half the cost of the previous service. A renter needed this level of service and agreed to pay all expenses for the upgrade.
We completed in-wall wiring and connecting five Proliphix thermostats to the church network. We can now access the heating schedule over the Internet. Alerts have been setup such that an email or text message is sent whenever the temperature goes outside of a predefined range.