Copper Phone Lines Are Going Away.
Most Businesses Will Miss the Deadline.

POTS lines rarely sit at the front desk anymore. They’re usually buried inside fire panels, elevator phones, security systems, fax lines, alarms, and legacy equipment that no one has touched in years.

As carriers retire copper infrastructure, these lines don’t fail gracefully. They fail silently — until an inspection, emergency, or outage exposes the problem.

Most businesses don’t discover they’re affected until:

• A fire or safety inspection fails
• An elevator phone stops dialing out
• A security or alarm system goes offline
• A carrier notice arrives with a hard cutoff date

At that point, options are limited and timelines are compressed.

Common POTS Dependencies We Find:

• Fire alarm monitoring lines
• Elevator emergency phones
• Burglar & access control panels
• Backup lines no one remembers ordering
• “Temporary” lines that became permanent