MIX Networks® — Ten Surprising Things You Can Do With POTS IN A BOX®
By now, you’ve probably heard the news that the FCC has authorized the major telcos to stop the maintenance of the copper wires or the traditional PSTN, allowing them to transition customers to digital solutions. While this is great news for most of us, for those who rely on analog technologies that don’t work well with the newer, digital modes of communications, the change presents a challenge. The good news for them, however, is the POTS IN A BOX® enables businesses to continue using their analog systems over digital solutions with one, simple device. But just what is POTS IN A BOX®? POTS IN A BOX® is an LTE/Cellular/Wi-Fi/PSTN/FirstNet-capable router that can enable many combinations of legacy analog wireline in-band Voice, M2M, Data, DTMF, Analog Data Modem Tones, Fax and Alarm System Signals. These functions — historically supported by POTS Lines — can be delivered via POTS IN A BOX® and carried over LAN or WAN internet connections such as fiber optics or cable connections.
While this makes the POTS IN A BOX® a superhero for most of us, there are some surprising powers the device can bring to your technology stack. Here are 10 things you may not have known that the POTS IN A BOX® device can do:
- Network Failover Capabilities — Use Dual SIM/LTE, Ethernet, or Wi-Fi: The POTS IN A BOX® does not use just one failover method, but three. Basic Dual SIM failover involves the use of two LTE SIM cards so, in the event that one card fails, the service will automatically and seamlessly transfer to the second. The ethernet or wi-fi connection can be used as a primary or secondary connection.
- Support for reliable legacy Fax Transmission — Fax machines are
Originally published at https://mixnetworks.com on February 26, 2021.
