WAN Remote Office Network Setup with VOiP using AX

Dear All,
I am setting up our new office and I love the USB Backup and Print capability of the Airport Extreme (AX) - that's the easy part.
I would also like to use VOiP.
Ontop of this we are pinching the broadband connection from our sister company in the next door office by running a WAN cable between our AX and their router.
My concerns/ questions are... can I use this WAN connection to take the internet from next door like I am hoping?
If I do this will they be able to access our network and us theirs or is there a way of putting an access block on the WAN line?
Finally how do I get VOiP on the AX? At home my BT Homehub router acts as a phone base station and you can register any number of cordless handsets to it. Can I do something similar with the AX or...
can I plug my BT Homehub into the AX via LAN and use VOiP that way?
Sorry for many questions though I greatly appreciate any advice.
HReily

You posted in the AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS) discussion area but you refer to AirPort Express (AX). Which one do you have?
My concerns/ questions are... can I use this WAN connection to take the internet from next door like I am hoping?
Yes
If I do this will they be able to access our network and us theirs or is there a way of putting an access block on the WAN line?
If you configure the base station to share a single IP address they won't be able to access your network directly. However they would be able to monitor the Ethernet connection and intercept and view any traffic from your network.
You would be able to see their network.
Finally how do I get VOiP on the AX?
None of Apple's base stations have any special ability to handle VoIP. The VoIP data would travel through the base station just like any other piece of digital data.
At home my BT Homehub router acts as a phone base station and you can register any number of cordless handsets to it. Can I do something similar with the AX or...
No
can I plug my BT Homehub into the AX via LAN and use VOiP that way?
I have no clue.

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