Podcast

Episode 2: Transform to the Digital Age with POTS Transformation with Greg Herman

For some, POTS can be a new and even foreign topic. So, what is plain old telephone service? Plain old telephone service (POTS) is a type of telecommunications service that offers traditional analog, landline telephone services. Still the most widely used form of telecommunication today, POTS utilizes twisted pair copper wires to transmit voice calls from one location to another across a publicly switched telephone network (PSTN). This connection is reliable and provides quality sound, although it has limited capabilities.

MetTel’s Director of Mobile Solutions, Greg Herman, recently joined me on the Techie and the Biz podcast to discuss all the benefits and inner workings of MetTel’s POTS Transformation solution.

In this episode of the Techie & the Biz podcast, MetTel’s VP of Mobility and IoT, Max Silber and his wife Erika Silber discuss the need for POTS replacement. As carriers are retiring copper telecom infrastructure and support, costs are increasing rapidly—in some cases, by as much as 500%. What happens to your emergency phone lines when the Internet goes down? Is there a backup? Greg Herman, MetTel’s Director of Mobile Solutions, answers this and more.