How NYC Property Managers Can Get Full Visibility Over Their Elevator Emergency Lines Brian Jeeuth, a Senior Account Manager at Verizon Business Group, came to MarketSpark with a problem he couldn’t solve alone. One of his customers, a compliance director at one of New York City’s largest affordable housing operators, was facing a serious gap
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For years, enterprises with operations in certain states could quietly count on one thing: state regulators would slow the copper shutdown even as federal policy accelerated it. Carrier of last resort rules, right of way requirements, and state approval processes acted as a brake on how fast the legacy network could actually disappear. In the
On July 15 and 16, 2026, the Federal Communications Commission will host a two day workshop in Washington, DC dedicated to one goal: finishing the transition from legacy voice networks to modern, all IP networks. The event is free, open to the public, and livestreamed at fcc.gov/live. If you manage IT, telecom, or facilities for
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Manufacturing organizations are among the most operationally complex environments for POTS replacement. A typical manufacturer does not have one facility with a handful of lines. It has plants, warehouses, distribution centers, and administrative offices spread across dozens of states, each with its own mix of fire alarm panels, elevator phones, industrial equipment, and legacy systems
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Banks and financial institutions run some of the most compliance-dense physical infrastructure in any industry. Every branch location carries fire alarm panels, elevator phones, vault communication systems, ATM lines, security dialers, and surveillance equipment, much of it wired to POTS lines that have been in place since the branch was built. In a regional bank
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Hospitals and healthcare systems have more POTS lines than almost any other type of organization. Between fire alarm panels, nurse call systems, elevator phones, medical alert devices, and the communication infrastructure that runs across dozens or hundreds of facilities, a large hospital network can have thousands of active POTS lines spread across its portfolio. That
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The POTS Shutdown Is Already Impacting U.S. Businesses The phase-out of POTS lines and legacy PSTN infrastructure across the United States is no longer a future concern. It is actively affecting how businesses operate today. Telecom providers such as AT&T and Verizon continue to retire copper networks under guidance from the Federal Communications Commission. At
What Enterprises Must Do Now On March 5, 2026, the Federal Communications Commission fundamentally changed the trajectory of U.S. telecom infrastructure. What had long been a gradual transition away from copper networks is now accelerating rapidly. For enterprise organizations, this isn’t just a regulatory update. It’s an operational and compliance risk already unfolding. What the
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Why CRE can’t treat copper retirement like “just a phone issue.” For decades, the Commercial Real Estate (CRE) industry leaned on copper POTS lines as the quiet utility behind life-safety and building-critical systems: fire panels dialing a central station, elevator emergency phones, burglar alarms, gate call-boxes, and “one last analog line” for a legacy control
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What Enterprises Must Do Now to Protect Building Safety Systems Across the U.S., incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) are moving faster to retire legacy copper infrastructure. Many enterprises still see “copper retirement” as a telecom issue that affects old voice lines or fax machines in rural areas. In reality, the impact is more urgent. Copper
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