Plain old telephone service (POTS) lines, or commonly known as landlines, are continuing to be phased out. These old systems consist of copper infrastructure that continues to demand increasing costs. Because of this, companies continue to seek alternative communication solutions for their voice and analog needs. The Carriers understand this need and offer streamlined options to move analog, voice and alarming to VOIP and cellular infrastructure with cloud solutions. Recent rulings have equally enabled carriers from the traditional service of analog telephone lines allowing forbearance and responsibility to provide dial-tone.
POTS Replacement Challenge
POTS lines provide many needs, including voice, emergency call boxes, fire panels, security alarms, etc. The challenge is that not all the devices that utilize POTS technology, especially fax lines and fire panels, which are equipped for communicating digitally. When transitioning away from POTS lines, this can make providing a solution difficult with different technologies needing to be brought under one solution while providing five nines reliability. However, many organizations believe they should procure services with the traditional Tier-1 ISP and that is absolutely not necessary. Finally, having an experienced team to help navigate the POTS replacement to compliment your strategic network design is a must. These services are to be part of your overall infrastructure and thus need a thorough design.
Benefits of Transferring from POTS
There are numerous benefits that enterprises will realize when transitioning away from POTS technology. These include:
Cost Savings
- Enterprises routinely achieve as much as 70% using broadband and wireless over antiquated POTS technology.
- Carriers provide a total solution including deployment, equipment and management.
- Move away from a traditional carrier and billing systems to provide easy to consume and read invoicing.
Compliance
- Carrier solutions are fully compliant with e911, fire and life safety codes and compliance standards.
- Carriers provide remote monitoring and support.
Extensive Coverage
- Solutions can be provided via broadband or wireless to meet customer’s unique needs.
- Broadband can be used for primary coverage with wireless as a backup or vice versa.
- Carriers provide a top to bottom solution including a professional installation, equipment management and technical support including remote and on-site maintenance.
- Routine remote firmware upgrades.
POTS Replacement Use Cases
Voice/Fax
Carriers utilize existing ethernet infrastructure to provide the most cost-effective solutions. With analog adaptors, the deployment of this solution is seamless.
Wireless Voice/Fax
A wireless solution offering replaces a POTS network with a wireless solution from major carriers. This solution is redundant and is separate from traditional networks while providing an easy deployment.
Wireless Fire Alarms
Utilizing an LTE-enabled cellular communicator, a wireless solution for the replacement of an antiquated analog phone line system will ensure peace of mind with continuous uptime through power outages via battery backup and 24×7 monitoring and technical support. This solution is certified to meet Life Safety Requirements.
Solutions include providing service for security and burglar alarms including 24×7 monitoring and battery back up to ensure alarms are not missed.
Emergency Voice
A wireless solution to replace legacy analog emergency voice that is fully compliant with FCC standard is essential. This includes emergency 911 services. These solutions are continuous during power outage as they are equipped with battery backup.
Transitioning away from a POTS system enables you to move all essential communications to the cloud while providing voice quality and reliable service.
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