We've got an ESI IVX X-Class system and use the 24 and 48-button digital phones. We're about to construct a new building that will have 8 to 10 extensions. The phones will wind up being about 1600 to 2000 feet from the phone switch. I think that the plan is to run Cat5 for the phones, but we might also have some fiber strands left over from the network cabling. We do not want to use IP phones.
My questions are:
1. It seems that the maximum distance for the digital phones over Cat5 is approximately 1000 feet. Is this correct?
2. What can be done to overcome/extend this distance limitation? Another, smaller, ESI box in the new building that is somehow controlled by the main switch? Some type of line extenders (either copper or fiber)?
My questions are:
1. It seems that the maximum distance for the digital phones over Cat5 is approximately 1000 feet. Is this correct?
2. What can be done to overcome/extend this distance limitation? Another, smaller, ESI box in the new building that is somehow controlled by the main switch? Some type of line extenders (either copper or fiber)?
