POTS Replacement 101
Elevators
POTS Replacement For Elevators
Elevators have been and continue to be one of the most common use cases for traditional POTS lines. There are approximately 900,000 elevators in use in the United States today, and several of those still rely on copper phone lines to connect occupants with operators in the event of an emergency. Unfortunately, the FCC-mandated retirement date for traditional POTS lines has passed, and providers are no longer obligated to service existing lines or issue new ones. POTS Replacement 101: Elevators is an all-in-one guide on how and why organizations should be upgrading their elevator connectivity solution sooner rather than later.
What You Can Expect From Traditional Lines
For site I.T. staff, relying on outdated POTS technology to perform mission-critical functions can pose unnecessary risks to both the organization that owns the elevator and those who choose to ride in the elevator. In the event of an emergency, in-elevator call buttons and alarms must work as intended. Due to the limited visibility of traditional POTS lines, that isn’t always possible. Traditional lines provide almost no visibility, as the only way to ensure a line is working is to manually test it. For organizations with a large number of POTS lines that can easily be mislabeled, not labeled at all, or unorganized, manually testing each line can quickly become a nightmare. Additionally, if a line is needed and doesn’t work customers could be trapped in elevators with no way to escape or contact help. Situations like this can potentially open up organizations to lawsuits and other accusations of misconduct or carelessness.
Limited Visibility
Reduced Support
High Monthly Costs
Upgrade with pots link
The POTS line retirement date passed on August 2nd, 2022, and due to this ruling, providers will no longer sell new POTS lines and will seek to migrate users from existing ones. POTS Link is an all-encompassing solution that converts analog signals to digital to enable more efficient monitoring, lower monthly prices, and provide a better overall experience for customers. POTS Link can be deployed with little to no infrastructure updates in under a few hours, plus organizations can expect to see an average of 20%-50% cost savings per month. Additionally, every POTS Link unit includes access to cloud monitoring software that enables remote monitoring, which can save staff hours that would otherwise be spent testing lines.
Traditional POTS Line Pricing
- Can be disrupted by weather, construction, and other uncontrollable factors
- No longer supported by providers
- Outrageous prices per line
- Outdated
- Unorganized and Messy
POTS Link Pricing
- Secure digital signal that can’t be disrupted
- Uses mobile data from major U.S. carriers
- Low monthly prices
- Uses advanced, next-generation technologies
- Features a clean design and can be installed with little no infrastructure updates
Long-Term Benefits
Immediate and long-term savings are usually the most important benefits to organizations, followed closely by remote monitoring enablement. As a perfect illustration of these benefits, the RTech team was recently able to help a large University upgrade its copper lines to POTS Link, which ended up saving them $2,700 per month while also providing more visibility that helps keep students, faculty, and staff safe. After switching to POTS Link, University I.T. staff can rely on a digital signal rather than a physical line that can break unexpectedly and without notice.
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