Ditch the Legacy: Modernize Your Network with POTS Replacement

In last week’s blog, I outlined what POTS replacement is and why it is important right now.  But how do you go about this as a business owner?

Figuring out how to keep the analog endpoints (i.e. not have to replace them) but still use the newer networks is a hot topic now.  So, if the business cannot utilize POTS lines like it used to, what to do?  They need to communicate on the newer wireless / VoIP networks.  Which means there needs to be a mechanism for the protocols used by the analog endpoints to convert to protocols understood by the newer networks.

That is basically a POTS replacement solution.

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POTS replacement solution work by putting in a gateway that converts an analog signal to the VoIP/internet signals.  This way, the older analog end points (they could be phones, alarm systems, fax machines, point of sale devices, etc.) can stay and a business would not have to re-architect its entire communication system.

And this is not necessarily expensive.   Vendors, such as Clearspan, provide a monthly recurring model for each analog port, that does not have any upfront costs.  And Clearspan also provides optional wireless if you want to use the wireless network to connect out to the world.  Clearspan has already deployed POTS replacement solutions for thousands of analog endpoints.  We know how to do this.