sundance-communications.com/forum Forums General General Telephone & Systems Information A New Breed of Phonemen....

I got a call today from a Dentist in town here who needed extensions hooked up to his old 'shiba 6e.........

He ran the 4 cables and EVEN terminated them on a 66 block....(Home Depot to the rescue)....

I came in and crossconnected them into the system.......

IS THIS WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR BUSINESS????????

Same thing happend to me last week, Real Estate office calls and said they need 2 phones installed with cable, when I schedule my day
accordingly I arrive on site and the owner tells me he already ran the cable and installed the jacks, and believe me he did it himself, he ran 1 cable but split the pairs to 2 locations, I was there the next day after he called so it wasnt that I was slow to get there, he just wanted to save a buck. I see it more everyday!!
Rick

Despite my negetivity in the post
ibew - elecrical license required
I find it nice to be able to "call in" an inspector for unauthorized wiring for those customers that we could care less about. At the same time, some times it is nice not having to crawl and get dirty.

[This message has been edited by BillFlippen (edited September 13, 2004).]

They are buying kits over the I-Net , some kits include 66 punch down tools,allthough ,last month a Dr. 60 miles awat called ,he had purchased a "kit" and had local retired Telco outside plant Man Install, Long story short the I-net Company had sent out bad software version,outside plant man lost after Tip And Ring .$650 later I straightened out the whole system.

Hey Bill........running the cable is where we make the $$$$$$

it is just a sign of the economic times. most of the people who do that own there own business and it is usually small. They are just trying to save a few bucks like the rest of us. I can't blame them for that, but it is a shame that the internet and home improvement stores will sell anything to anyone. I don't think most people realize the work involved and the potential losses if done incorrectly. It is a good thing no one get's killed doing the LV stuff.

Everyone wants to be a phone guy
We make it look to easy

the key here is "EVERYBODY!!! wants to be a phoneman!!"

.... it's GREAT to be a phoneman!

If you think that is bad (and I do).
How about the customer that calls you and wants to add ten phones to the system and they tell you they bought the phones on the internet.
I see more and more of that everyday...

I do not know about you guys, but Mac work is the most profitable part of my business... other than service contracts..

Walter

"Momma dont let your babies grow up to be phonemen"
Sing to the toon of some country western song