110 punch down block compatible with VOIP technology?

[Pineapple Bob]

I'm a bit of a rookie with networking. I was wondering if anyone knows if 110 punch down blocks can be used for VOIP. I know that 110 and 66 punch down blocks were primarily used to distribute old POTS phone lines back in the old days, but alot of people are now doing new home and commercial construction with VOIP technology in mind.

So, in a new construction project... Would a 110 punch down block even be used? And is it even compatible with VOIP technology?

 

[chimaxi83]

They can be used, and they are definitely compatible. I see them every day at work running voip. They're just a termination point, no circuitry to worry about.

 

[Pineapple Bob]

Thanks. I guess I don't see what the point of a punch down block is nowadays. I understand that the punch down blocks were used in the old days to distribute telephone lines in a central structured media panel configuration, but with many people now running ethernet cables for their phone lines, instead of using a 110 punch down block to for distributing the incoming Telco line, why not just use a patch panel instead? I'm trying to figure out why would new construction use these type of punch down blocks.

 

[chimaxi83]

I see patch panels, 110s, and 66s, new construction and existing old systems. They probably still use 66/110 in new construction to save a few bucks, and/or because the guys putting them in are more comfortable with them.

As long as I don't open up a splice and see a shit load of bare copper twisted together with wire nuts (or even just electrical tape), or 100 wires inside a B splice connector, I'm fine with the old blocks.