POTS

Overview

POTS - Plain Old Telephone Service - the old style of home or business phones that connect directly to the PSTN (public switched telephone network - the way all TelCo (telephone company) providers talk to one another). These have recently been "deregulated" and most phone companies are trying to either get rid of them, or charge exorbitant rates for them. There are still quite a few of these in use for monitoring elevators or fire/burglar alarms or faxing. We should be working toward migrating to modern Phone Systems and eFax solutions and moving elevator and alarm systems to cellular dialers where allowed by law.

tags: #networking #phones