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POTS Prices Are Increasing: Here’s How You Can Respond

August 3, 2022

Via: No Jitter

With regulatory changes to plain old telephone service (POTS) prices now in effect, many enterprises still relying on copper-based telephony services are in a vulnerable situation — one which can cost them thousands of dollars or more per month in unused or underutilized technologies.

To recap the regulatory changes, on August 2, 2022, the FCC removed the requirement for incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) to provide analog POTS at competitive rates or to provide retail services at wholesale prices to competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs). Then, on October 27, 2023, ILECs are released from the remaining cost requirements.

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