• Technologies
    • Black Lotus Labs
    • Cloud
    • Edge Compute
    • Collaboration
    • Managed Services
    • Network
    • Security
  • Business Advice
    • 4th Industrial Revolution
    • Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery
    • Customer Experience
    • Data Driven Business
    • Operational Efficiency
    • Tech Trends
  • Industries
    • Financial Services
    • Healthcare
    • Gaming
    • Manufacturing
    • Media and Entertainment
    • Pharmaceutical
    • Public Sector
    • Retail
    • Technology
  • About Us
    • Leadership Perspectives
    • NewsRoom
  • Technologies
    • Black Lotus Labs
    • Cloud
    • Edge Compute
    • Collaboration
    • Managed Services
    • Network
    • Security
  • Business Advice
    • 4th Industrial Revolution
    • Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery
    • Customer Experience
    • Data Driven Business
    • Operational Efficiency
    • Tech Trends
  • Industries
    • Financial Services
    • Healthcare
    • Gaming
    • Manufacturing
    • Media and Entertainment
    • Pharmaceutical
    • Public Sector
    • Retail
    • Technology
  • About Us
    • Leadership Perspectives
    • NewsRoom

Replacing Your POTS Lines with Cloud Infrastructure—No Line Left Behind

Molly Moser Posted On June 13, 2022
0


0
Shares
  • Share On Facebook
  • Tweet It

woman on phone at desk smiling

There’s been a lot of talk (pun intended) around upgrading legacy voice technology to IP-enabled communications, and the benefits of adopting cloud infrastructure are impressive. Cloud telephony provides scalability, flexibility, business resilience, and affordability.

However, it’s not just phone lines that businesses must think about when considering a cloud makeover. Security alarms, elevators, fax machines, and other functional services all run on Plain Old Telephone Services (POTS) lines as well. And until recently, there wasn’t a viable cloud alternative for these business-critical and life-safety systems. Now, with Lumen Cloud Communications Specialty Lines—a fully managed and reliable POTS replacement—it’s easy to cut ties with all your landlines.

Why your legacy lines need a cloud makeover

Did you know that there are approximately 38.5 million POTS lines currently in use for voice and functional services like elevators and alarms?* And that’s just in the U.S. Although Lumen will continue to support POTS going forward, many view the FCC’s 2019 decision to sunset a small portion of POTS lines and deregulate pricing by August 2022 as a sign to migrate off aging copper infrastructure. While a blanket shutoff date is not on the horizon, the FCC decision does reflect the rising costs associated with managing and maintaining POTS and represents a step toward copper technology’s eventual retirement.

In other words—regarding price, service quality, and future proofing—it’s time to pursue POTS alternatives.

Digital options such as LCC Specialty Lines provide both the reliability and regulatory compliance that companies have come to expect from POTS with the added value of future-proof cloud functionality. For example, LCC Specialty Lines comes with failover cellular connectivity, the ability to connect existing analog phone sets, and Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) backup for maximum uptime, even if the power or Internet goes out.

As a single-system technology, infrastructure is streamlined, alerts and alarms are captured and reported, and network analytics provide full visibility via an intuitive customer portal. And while POTS technology requires you to order from multiple providers across different regions, with a digital solution there are no territory restrictions—giving you the simplicity and efficiency of a single provider.

How to migrate your functional lines to the cloud

Technology migrations can be a huge headache, but Lumen makes it easy with a white-glove migration to LCC Specialty Lines. You receive a turn-key installation with all hardware, software, service, and support included.

Best of all, LCC Specialty Lines is fully managed, so businesses benefit from 24/7 management and monitoring to help ensure critical systems stay up and running.

To learn more about how an all-inclusive POTS alternative for functional lines could benefit your business, contact a Lumen Customer Success professional today.

*Voice Telephone Services: Status as of December 31, 2019. FCC. March 2022. https://www.fcc.gov/voice-telephone-services-report

Related posts:

  1. Get ahead of budget concerns with a best-execution-venue strategy
  2. Introducing Lumen® Cloud Communications Specialty Lines
  3. What is an edge gateway?
  4. Environmental change requires architecting for flexibility
0
Shares
  • Share On Facebook
  • Tweet It


Cloud CommunicationsPOTS LinesPOTS ReplacementUpgrade TechVoice


Author

Molly Moser

Molly is a technology writer with experience covering topics from fiber communications to renewable energy. Previously the News Editor of a science and technology magazine, in her current role as Sr. Technical-Creative Writer at Lumen, she works to break down complex topics and make innovative technologies more accessible and engaging. Molly joined Lumen in 2021 as part of the Customer Success Technology Marketing team.

Trending Now
SASE vs. SSE—What You Need to Know
Adeel Omer March 17, 2023
What Does Your Path to SASE Look Like?
Lumen March 16, 2023
You may also like
How to Rollout UC&C and Maximize ROI
February 13, 2023
Introducing Lumen® Cloud Communications Specialty Lines
November 1, 2022
Factors in full-stack cloud communication platform evaluation
October 13, 2022
Environmental change requires architecting for flexibility
Read Next

Environmental change requires architecting for flexibility

  • Categories

    Adaptive Networking

    Connected Security

    Hybrid Cloud

    Communications and Collaboration

    Edge Computing

    SASE


  • Lumen is guided by our belief that humanity is at its best when technology advances the way we live and work. With 450,000 route fiber miles serving customers in more than 60 countries, we deliver the fastest, most secure platform for applications and data to help businesses, government and communities deliver amazing experiences.

Services not available everywhere. ©2022 Lumen Technologies. All Rights Reserved.
Press enter/return to begin your search