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My new apartment has three bedrooms and each has a RJ45 keystone jack (I assume there are ethernet cables connected in the wall). There is a patch panel in the living room and I want all my rooms to be connected via ethernet. I see ethernet cables at the patch panel labeled according to the rooms. However only a pair of wires from each cable (blue pair) is connected to a panel which I'm not sure what it does. I was told it is for the telephone. Please see the attached pictures. https://www.flickr.com/photos/127264524@N02/ Please help me with the following questions 1) What is the bottom panel called and what is it for? 2) Why is each room connected in this way? I mean the developer has laid the cables already, why not just connect each cable to a keystone jack. I'm sure a keystone jack doesn't cost much, and I doubt anyone will need 4 different phone lines in a home. 3) I was told to just cut off that pair of connected wires (blue and blue-white) and connect the 4 twisted pairs to a new keystone jack just like normal for ethernet connectivity. Can I do that? Will that affect any electricial connection in my unit? Thanks for sharing

Hi all, just got my unit. Few painters I asked said I should settle all fixtures like lighting first before the paint job as there might be cracks from the drilling etc that need to be painted over. However the staff from the light shops said that I should paint first before installing the lights as the lightings might get the painting. May I know who is correct and which is the correct sequence? Please share your experience Thanks for advising