POTS

As plain old telephone service (POTS) continues to fade into obsolescence, alarm dealers are increasingly choosing to send alarm signals via IP-based communications.

Advances and changes in signal transmission technologies mean alarm monitoring providers must remain ever vigilant to stay current. An examination of FCC broadband and wireless communications initiatives spells out what security dealers and manufacturers need to know.

On April 8, the FCC issued a public statement in the form of a document titled, FCC Announces Broadband Action Agenda, that in essence says whether anyone likes it or not we’re going to phase out plain old telephone service (POTS), also known as the public switched telephone network (PSTN) and in its place create an IP-switched national infrastructure.

This past December, the FCC began a legal process that if successful will lead to the demise of plain old telephone service (POTS). This has paradigm-shifting and potentially catastrophic implications for our industry.

Growing consumer demand to access and control as much as possible through their mobile devices is creating new recurring revenue for security installation and monitoring companies. Increasingly, manufacturers are offering devices and software to make these services more widespread.

As use of the traditional digital dialer continues to wane - hastened by lifestyle changes and consumer expectations for connectivity - alarm signal transmission is progressively becoming a wireless procedure.

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Since the turn of the millennia, residential customers have been adding wireless communication ...

Q: I just realized that when it comes to phone alarm interface jacks there are two models: the RJ31X and RJ38X. I am familiar with the RJ31X jack. Is there any difference in the RJ38X?

Using Ethernet technology to transmit alarm signals is the future of the security industry. Coming to maturation at a time when the sun has set on advanced mobile phone service (AMPS) equipment, Internet protocol (IP) alarm communication is the technology dealers must now consider to ...

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