Can analog phone circuits (T1s) be carried over fiber?

billmatthews · ‎08-12-2008

I know our T1 cards in our voice router are copper RJ-45. So I assume that is typically how voice circuits are delivered from the PSTN. However, from our demarc point to our data center, we don't have a lot of copper run. We do however have a lot of fiber.

Could the T1s be converted to fiber to make the run to our data center, then back to copper RJ45 to go into our voice router?

Jeffrey Knuckle · ‎08-12-2008

Yes, A media converter would do the trick.

example.

http://www.omnitron-systems.com/products/4470_t1e1_flexpoint.php

I do however have a personal bias against Media Converters and would recommend that you use a copper cable run if possible.