Don't wait for the disconnect notice.
Fire alarm, elevator, security, fax and POS lines can move to broadband, LTE or both before your date. A replacement quote shows what it takes for your building.
AT&T, Verizon, Frontier and Lumen are shutting off landlines one central office at a time. Your fire alarm panel, elevator phones, fax machines, security and burglar alarms, and door access systems may still run on those copper lines. Enter your ZIP code to see your shutoff date.
Fire alarm, elevator, security, fax and POS lines can move to broadband, LTE or both before your date. A replacement quote shows what it takes for your building.
Most offices replaced their desk phones years ago. But the equipment that keeps a building safe and running often still dials out over a copper line, and it stops working when that line is shut off.
Send alarm and trouble signals to your monitoring center. Without a working line, alarms may never reach the dispatcher.
Connect trapped passengers to help. Code requires a working line in every car.
Still how many pharmacies, clinics, law offices and government agencies send orders and records.
Report break-ins, panic buttons and system status to your alarm company.
Call boxes and entry systems that let visitors call a tenant or the front desk to be let in.
POS and credit card terminals, emergency call boxes, ATMs, utility and SCADA modems, and building automation.
Replacing a copper line no longer means replacing your equipment. Modern POTS replacement solutions plug into what you already have and add features copper never offered.
Use this list to compare any replacement quote. Request a quote.
You don't need to understand the carrier filings. You need your lines working the day after the copper goes away.
See which carrier filed, what is changing, and the earliest date your lines can be shut off.
A specialist reviews every line in the building: fire alarm, elevator, security, fax, POS. The quote shows a flat monthly price per line.
Lines are installed before your date, tested with your alarm monitoring company, and monitored around the clock.
If a line in your building still runs on copper, it has a shutoff date. These are the ones that matter most.
Your elevator and fire alarm lines have a shutoff date. Keep inspections passing and tenants safe.
Keep every campus alarm and emergency phone live past the copper shutoff.
Your fax and alarm lines can't go dark. Replace them first.
Keep card terminals and alarms running after the copper ends.
Replace legacy lines on your schedule, before your carrier does it for you.
Share a few details about the building. A replacement specialist will call within one business day with pricing and an install date ahead of your shutoff.
Prefer to talk to a specialist now? Call 813-330-0301.
Get an email if your ZIP is added to a carrier list or its date changes.
Carriers file a date with the FCC or your state utility commission. Lines can be shut off on or after that date. Enter your ZIP above to see the earliest date on file for your area, then confirm with your carrier bill or notice.
If your fire alarm panel sends signals over a copper phone line, it loses that connection when the line is disconnected. It needs a new communication path before the shutoff date to keep reaching your monitoring center.
A POTS replacement device connects to your existing alarm panel, elevator phone, fax or POS terminal and carries the signal over broadband with LTE backup, or over LTE alone. Your equipment keeps working as it does today.
You pay a flat monthly price per line. The quote depends on how many lines you have and what they connect to. Request a quote to get a price for your building within one business day.
Not necessarily. Carriers file new notices every week and can give as little as 90 days' notice. Prices on remaining copper lines are also rising. Sign up for an alert to get an email if your ZIP is added.