Security in the Communications Room
Over the past few months we have had problems with security in the equipment area that contains our phone, fire sprinklers, and the East building cable equipment. This equipment is housed in a room that is owned by, and that we share with, Ambassador I. No deliberate damage has occurred, but we are having problems with items being stored in our area that has inadvertently caused problems. To solve this, we have installed a gate that will secure our infrastructure a little better.
If you are having telephone service added (East or West building), or if you are having cable installed (in the East Building only) you will still need to arrange to have the main door unlocked. This is as it has been for several years. In addition, you will need to unlock the gate into our new equipment area. Your building key is all that you need to unlock the gate. This does mean that you will need to be home when the phone or cable installer is on-site. This is usually the case anyway. We are NOT giving keys to the gate to Phone or Cable installers. By the way, the lock will retain your key until the gate is re-locked, so you will need to stay there until the installer is done. If you leave your key and trust the installer to return it, and they don’t, the key replacement rules apply. If you need a new key, the charge is $100 (which goes toward the cost of re-keying the building), plus a $15 key charge. See the Rules and Regulations for key charge details.