National Association of Broadcasters Engineering Handbook, 10th Edition

CHAPTER 3.10 Telephone Network Interfacing

STEVE CHURCH AND ROLF TAYLOR

Telos Systems Cleveland, Ohio

INTRODUCTION

Without connection to the outside world via the telephone network, radio and television station programming would be decidedly less interesting.

Because of their ubiquity and ease of use, the telephone and Internet Protocol networks that enmesh the globe are often taken for granted. But they are, indeed, a remarkable tool for broadcasters. An ordinary telephone and the dial-up network allow almost anybody from anywhere to be immediately live on the air. Digital ISDN lines and modern audio compression techniques have made instant full-fidelity remotes a commonplace. As the Internet proliferates, VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) ...