Carriers are retiring copper phone lines. Find out which alarms, elevator phones, and fax lines are exposed, and what to compare in a replacement.
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Carriers no longer have to maintain copper, and the cost of keeping it has moved to you. If your fire panels, elevator phones, or point-of-sale terminals still run over analog lines, those systems are on borrowed time. This guide explains what is changing, which of your systems are exposed, and the questions to ask before you choose a replacement, including how the person recommending it is paid.
A service that moves old copper phone lines for alarms, elevators and fax onto digital or wireless lines as carriers retire copper.
A business phone system run by a provider in the cloud, so calls work over the internet with no phone server on site.
Phone lines delivered over your internet connection that link your phone system to the public phone network.
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A business phone system run in the provider's cloud instead of on PBX hardware you own.
A small device that connects analog phones or fax machines to a VoIP service.
911 service that automatically passes the caller's number and location to dispatchers.
