[cisco-voip] Copper plant

[Brian Meade]

I'm seeing a lot of providers trying to remove true analog copper and put
their customers on SIP services with devices on-site to convert back to
copper.  Probably worth just putting in some VG450's at that point and they
can run off 48V DC as well.

I know Phybridge also has some devices for doing PoE/Voice over a single
pair of CAT3 that I've used for campuses before if you want to go VoIP to
some of the call box devices.

On Fri, Feb 4, 2022 at 1:09 PM Lisa Notarianni <lisa.notarianni at scranton.edu>
wrote:

> Hello –
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> We are planning future projects and would appreciate input on what others
> have done with analog lines.  We currently use Verizon for over 500 analog
> lines on campus.  They provide service to call boxes, alarm lines, elevator
> lines, house phones etc…  We also don’t have network cable runs in some
> areas so we just kept the analog service running.
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> The idea behind all of this was to rely on Verizon Centrex service if our
> premise based VOIP phones or power went down and all phone service was lost
> on campus.  When we transitioned years ago to VoIP and moved the majority
> of lines away from Centrex, our General Counsel felt it would help with
> safety if we provided these phones in case of emergency.  I recently passed
> this by General Counsel and they still feel we need to continue to use this
> service for the same reason.  But I think the clock is ticking and from
> what I understand Verizon is abandoning copper.  They have suggested we
> transition to their VoIP service but it wouldn’t make sense to do that
> since they rely on our power. So, we would just switch to VoIP if we were
> to do that.
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> I know there is also an LTE option but many callboxes are in fields or
> parking lots and the equipment is dated.  So, on top of needing to address
> this, we really don’t have funding to replace expensive callboxes to
> accommodate LTE service.  I know we really need to evaluate and rethink the
> need for this equipment.  We have considered transitioning the funding to a
> safety app that students, staff and faculty can use but again we would put
> the onus of safety on the user and their wireless phone – not preferred.
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> This is complicated for Higher Ed.
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> Any solutions or steps anyone has taken?   Is Verizon really abandoning
> all copper?
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> Thanks,
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> Lisa
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> *Lisa Notarianni*
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> University of Scranton
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> Telecommunications Engineer
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> Infrastructure Services
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> 800 Linden St.
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> Scranton PA 18510
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> 570.941.4325
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