POTS Replacement

POTS Replacement Options for Small Businesses

POTS lines, aka Plain Old Telephone Service, have been foundational in our businesses for over a century but as we have discussed several times recently, the technology is phasing out leaving many of us with a decision to make.  How do we continue to communicate when POTS lines no longer work? If you find yourself […]

CommentsOctober 2022
POTS Lines 2022

The Beginning of the End for POTS Lines is Now

August 2, 2022 This is a date that you will want to mark down in your calendars.  Why?  This is the date when you may start asking “Can I still get a POTS Line?”  This date is the beginning of the end of POTS Lines. When the FCC instated order 19-72A1 to aid telecommunications providers […]

CommentsFebruary 2022
FCC Order 19-72A1

Overview of the FCC 19-72A1 Telecom Forbearance Order

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 […]

CommentsDecember 2021