[BC] Blue Box...

[Burt I. Weiner]

A Blue Box and Hot Line will not work on a VOIP type line.  VOIP 
lines are packeted and the Blue Box and Hotline require constant data 
to work.  The year before last I went round and round with one venue 
that insisted VOIP was the greatest thing since sliced Possum and it 
would give us better service.  Once they converted to VOIP both Hot 
Lines and Blue Boxes became very erratic.  They might connect, but 
often they would not pass audio and would constantly retrain and then 
drop the connection.  After much complaining from me they decided to 
prove me wrong and the gave me a real POTS line, C.O. copper 
pair.  The two boxes worked flawlessly after that.  Now, all the 
broadcast POTS line at that venue are copper all the way from the 
switch to the broadcast position.  This has been a consistent issues 
anywhere we go when a VOIP phone line is provided.

Burt

>From: Kevin Kidd <kkbroadcastengineering at gmail.com>
>
>Hi again,
>
>I am full of odd ball questions this week.