A - No you can't use the phone lines in you student village rooms as they are digital PABX lines and not standard analog phone lines.
Modems require standard analog phone lines.
The reason most new Murdoch PABX lines they are digital is that with the new phone technology use at Murdoch digtal phone lines are more cost effective to deploy across campus. The second network socket in most student village rooms is in fact a high speed ethernet port that connects into the Murdoch computer network. These ports are expected to be made active in 1998 and at that time students wish to make use of the connection will require a ethernet card in their computer. Please contact the student village administration for the full details.