In 2019, the FCC issued order 19-72A1 at the request of US Telecom, giving the green light to the retirement of analog technology and investment into next gen communications. For two decades, the Telecommunications Act of 1996 stood, until it was overruled in a 2019 ruling by the FCC reversed portions of the Act that […]
What do all of these have in common? Analog phone lines Paging Analog modem data Auto-Dial Call Box (Ring down lines) Machine-to-Machine SCADA Vending Machine Communications Fire alarms ATMs Point-of-Sale Meter Reading Emergency Call Boxes Burglar alarms, fax machines, and elevators. 40 Million devices such as these that rely on the traditional, analog, phone line […]
In the telephony world, acronyms are tossed around like popcorn. POTS. PSTN. VoIP. M2M. IoT. SIP. UCaaS. You may have already seen some of these as you’ve looked into new communications solutions for your business, but we thought we would take some time to clarify a key difference between POTS (analog) solutions and VoIP (Digital) […]
