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Currently working on a project. We are pulling a mile of single mode fiber to replace the 50 pair of copper that links two buildings, specifically their extensions from a Definity system and a couple of fire/burglar lines. They want the copper gone completely because of the un-reliability of it in the bad weather - several splices along the cable. The fiber (12 strand) will link the phone system/extensions. That part is solved. The client needs to keep the fire/burglar lines and the town wont allow digital lines - copper only. I found a transciever that can covert fiber to RJ-11 - FXO- FXS lines.
Does anyone have experience with these? I have used fiber to RJ45 transcievers for data and they have been somewhat reliable - replaced every few years. \
Any experience/ advice on these would be appreciated.

Buy 2 POTS lines at the remote location and take any and all issues out of the equation.... it's $50 a month or so.

We have had great luck with MultiTech .
We used them for www OPX's before the IPO came out.
There not cheap, but they work really well.

Good Luck!

Great luck with MultiTech as well. In fact, I think Mike and I have talked about this offline at length. You probably looking at 18 months on an ROI when compared to the straight POTS solution, so POTS may still be the way to go.

Its a secondary building on a golf course, so bringing in a seperate line from a provider is not an option.
With a fiber to rj11 transciever, does a township/inspector consider it to still be a pots line? Or will they classify it as a digital?

You should have your security company working on this at the very least for liability reasons. They would be the ones to ask if this is allowed or not ( seriously doubt it) and they should be the ones who are responsible for the phone line connection and maintaining it. The last thing you need is for the building to burn down, the fire system not reporting it and the security company telling the insurance company that somebody messed with the phone lines.

-Hal

We are doing an installation and cabling for a brand new building.

When i spoke to the customer about their needs for the alarm system he put me in touch with the alarm vendor ..... who told me that they system does not need any POTS lines. It uses the internet as the primary means of communication and has a cellular backup.

Rather than spend money on the phone setup to get them dialtone they may very well be better off spending the money on an upgrade to the alarm system.